The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee will hear evidence in person next week from Emma Hardy MP, Minister for Water and Flooding at Defra, when it concludes its current inquiry into drought preparedness in England and the Government’s drought response processes.

The Environment Agency has published a research report setting out the factual timeline of how the 2025 drought developed through the year in England.

A new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) is warning of the risk of global water bankruptcy with many regions of the world living beyond their hydrological means.

A new World Bank report, Continental Drying: A Threat to our Common Future, the first edition of its Global Water Monitoring Report, provides a detailed assessment of the world’s fresh water.

Scottish Water’s year of 2025 in numbers tells a story of massive ongoing challenges on water resources related to climate change and of huge investment in improvements to its infrastructure and services to customers.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is urging farmers, industry and other water users in the east of Scotland to plan now for next year, warning that above-average rainfall is needed over the winter to rebuild depleted water resources and reduce the risk of significant water scarcity in 2026.

England’s drought-hit areas are beginning to recover following the recent wet weather, the National Drought Group heard yesterday.

The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee will continue its inquiry into drought preparedness in England this week by exploring the role of water resource planning for drought resilience, including assessing the robustness of currents plans and modelling for future supply and demand.

The Environment Agency is warning that despite some progress made by the water companies in England in reducing leakage and managing water demand, both remain unacceptably high and exceed national forecasts.

The Environment Agency (EA) is warning that England will experience worse levels of drought next year if this winter is drier than normal.