The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has launched a new website to host independent research on UK climate risk as part of its work to prepare an independent Evidence Report to support the UK Government’s third official UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) due in 2022.

The UK Government has formally asked the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to prepare an independent Evidence Report to support the UK’s third comprehensive assessment of the risks and opportunities from climate change.

The St. Patrick Bay ice caps on the Hazen Plateau of northeastern Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, have disappeared, according to NASA satellite imagery.

2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884, according to the sixth report in the State of the UK Climate series compiled by the Met Office.2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884, according to the sixth report in the State of the UK Climate series compiled by the Met Office.

Rapidly decreasing sea ice coverage has been reported along the Russian Arctic coast and exceptional and prolonged heat in Siberia has fuelled devastating Arctic fires, according to the World Meteorological Association.

The Environment Agency has launched its new Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England setting outs plans to improve the country’s resilience to flooding and coastal change.

An ambitious programme of water and energy conservation projects has been unveiled by the Greater Brighton city region as it bids to “grow back greener” from the lockdown crisis.

The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) and there is a 20% chance that it will exceed 1.5°C in at least one year, according to new climate predictions issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

S&P Global Ratings is warning that as climate change increases the volatility of water volumes – exacerbating drought-flood cycle issues in recent years – water conflicts are coming to the fore, and heightening geopolitical and social tensions.

A new report is warning that the majority of the UK population are unaware that demand for water could soon outstrip supply - 72% of people believe we have enough water to meet our needs and many engage in high wastage behaviours.