Witnessing the highest UK temperature for the months of February, July, and provisionally December, 2019 was a year of multiple records, concluding a record-breaking decade, according to the UK Met Office.

The World Meteorological Organization is warning that 2019 is on course to be the second or third warmest year on record, concluding a decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather.

The National Drought Group is warning of the potential need for drought measures to be put in place in some areas of the country next spring in the event of insufficient winter rainfall to replenish groundwater resources.

The National Infrastructure Commission’s work on improving the resilience of England’s water supply to drought has received the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Chris Binnie Award for Sustainable Water Management. 

Affinity Water has seen demand for free water saving devices skyrocket this week by 5,000% in just 12 hours following the company’s warning that its central region is in drought.

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) is warning that no place on earth will be spared the impacts of climate change as ice melts in the planet’s frozen regions, oceans warm and sea levels rise.

The tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change – such as sea level rise, ice loss and extreme weather – increased during 2015-2019, which is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

An international group of researchers is today warning that policymakers have been receiving economic assessments of future climate change impacts which omit the biggest risks.

The Environment Agency has launched a new consultation on drought plan guidance for water companies.

Latest figures from Anglian Water show groundwater levels in some parts of the East of England are the lowest they’ve been in almost 30 years.