Engineering and professional services consultancy, WSP, has been appointed by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to conduct research to support the Government’s third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment.

WaterSafe, the UK register of approved plumbers, is working in partnership with the Home Builders Federation to help developers play their part in creating a more water-efficient future for the UK.

Thames Water will partner with stakeholders and local authorities to fund £60 million of surface water management (SWM) schemes including green spaces, removing hard, impermeable surfaces such as concrete and asphalt in areas most at risk of flooding.

The Environment Agency has submitted a planning application for the second phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme to reduce flood risk along the River Aire.

Black & Veatch has won a UK Landscape Institute Award for its work in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire on the Burton Washlands flood alleviation scheme.

The Government has launched a consultation on the draft National Policy Statement (NPS) on water resources infrastructure in England which flags up the potential need for more reservoirs, transfer schemes and desalination plants.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has welcomed moves by ministers to tackle water leakages and drought which will be set out in a draft National Policy Statement this week.

The Chair of the Environment Agency is calling for business and communities to start planning now for climate change.

The UK’s most comprehensive picture yet of how the climate could change over the next century - in a worst case scenarion sea level in London could rise by up to 1.1 metres and the chance of summers as hot as 2018 is around 50% by 2050.

A new report by the Met Office which reveals further details about changes in the UK’s climate since the 1960 shows that heatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years ago.