Leaders from councils, businesses, utilities, unions and environmental groups from across Yorkshire and Humber are coming together to tackle the climate crisis head on through a major new partnership.

Water UK is highlighting its support for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Race to Zero Breakthrough challenge for water which launched at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda this week. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change which will coordinate and drive decarbonisation and adaptation and resilience action across Government, including how ‘net-zero’ is achieved.

UK water companies have joined forces as part of the UNFCCC's international Race to Zero campaign, pledging to deliver a net zero water supply for customers by 2030.

HRH The Prince of Wales, has today announced the ‘Terra Carta’ – a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector, as part of the Sustainable Markets Initiative.

Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that 2020 was Europe’s warmest year ever recorded, and seasonally winter 2019/20 and autumn 2020 were also the warmest recorded.

Covid-19, floods and the growing impacts of climate change are among a range of risks highlighted in the latest National Risk Register (NRR) update for the UK.

Over 300 companies including Anglian Water (the only UK water company to make the A list), AstraZeneca, Danone, Firmenich, HP Inc, KAO Corporation, Klabin S/A, Mars, Symrise AG and Mitsubishi Electric have today been named on this year’s A List by environmental non-profit CDP. This is a major increase on last year, despite the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19.

Anglian Water has become one of the first companies in the UK to set out how it is preparing for the impacts of climate change in Defra’s latest round of adaptation reporting under the Climate Change Act.

Thames Water has announced a £10 million upgrade of Reading water treatment works in response to growing demand due to population growth and more extreme weather as a result of climate change.