Listen to today’s press conference by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to present the findings of its landmark report Climate change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. The press conference references changes which will be “irreversible in our lifetime.”

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released today is warning that climate change is widespread, rapid - and intensifying - with sea level rise of up to half a meter "irreversible."

UK water companies have learned from the winter of 2018 and successfully managed a more challenging freeze-thaw at the start of 2021 with little-to-no customer impact, according to a new report ‘Freeze-Thaw 2020-21’.

The UK’s climate has continued to warm, with 2020 the first year to have temperature, rain and sunshine rankings all in the top 10. 

Parts of central London were again under water last night after 1.5 inches of torrential rain fell on the capital during less that 24 hours, flooding tube stations, homes and roads.

Northumbrian Water is seeing unprecedented levels of water usage across the North East as the hot weather continues across the region.

Severn Trent has revealed that over 2.2bn litres of water was used across its region on Monday, on the same day the Met Office issued its first ever extreme weather warning, as the country basked in temperatures reaching over 30 degrees.

In light of the UK’s first ever extreme weather warning, Bristol Water is appealing to customers to use less water in the garden over the coming days.

The UK Met Office has said that the heatwave records in the Western United States are directly attributable to climate change.

A UK filtration specialist has put a fleet of mobile units on stand-by to help municipal water companies cope with the impact of extreme weather this summer.