University of Birmingham and WMCA join forces to combat multi-billion-pound impact of climate change in West Midlands
University of Birmingham experts are working with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to significantly enhance the West Midlands region’s capacity to adapt to the...
International water leaders share insights during Global Dialogue on Water Reuse
The WateReuse Association (WateReuse) and the International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) are collaborating on a Global Dialogue on Water Reuse examining the drivers,...
How South East Water is adapting to a changing climate
South East Water has published its fourth Climate Change Adaptation Report highlighting how the business will adapt to keep taps flowing while the climate...
Work progressing on Scottish Water’s largest peatland restoration project to date
Scottish Water is restoring over 500 hectares of peatland in East Ayrshire as part of its bid to protect water quality and cut carbon...
NRW publishes interim State of Natural Resources Report
Urgent and collective action is needed now if Wales is to redress the balance between the degradation and protection of its natural resources given...
Aggregate Industries supplies 70k tonnes of aggregates to Norfolk Coastal Management Schemes
The East coast of England is one of the fastest eroding shorelines in Europe, with homes and communities already suffering the consequences of the...
Scottish Water wants to embrace new approaches, as it publishes its interim annual report
Scotland’s publicly owned water and waste water provider has published its interim annual report, covering the first six months of the financial year, from...
Planning system overhaul to accelerate housebuilding must enable not limit acceleration of climate resilience, says CIWEM’s Alastair Chisholm
This month the government announced an update to its National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) – the headline set of guidance to planners and developers.
Billed as a means...
Commission’s new report highlights vital steps to increase Wales’ flood resilience
The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW), has revealed its latest report — “Building Resilience to Flooding in Wales by 2050”.
The report presents bold...
Event organiser says the London Climate Technology Show has helped advance net-zero goals and sustainable solutions
Valiant Business media, organiser of the London Climate Technology Show, has said the third edition of the event has helped pave a vital roadmap...
Regulation must keep pace with current and emerging industries and be agile, says Natural Resources Wales, as it publishes its annual regulation report
Regulation must keep pace with current and emerging industries and be agile to the challenges driven by the climate, nature and pollution emergencies, Natural...
Aggregate Industries helps preserve history from coastal erosion
In February 2021, a section of Hurst Castle in Hampshire collapsed, after the sea exposed and washed away some of its foundations. Situated between...
Shallow thinking – attenuation goes super thin
Shifting weather patterns and new planning regulations are challenging thinking on SuDS design. It’s time to get attenuation out of a hole, argues Jack...
Water (Special Measures) Bill – just the first step required to address water sector failure, says Alastair Chisholm, Policy Director at CIWEM
Alastair Chisholm, Policy Director at CIWEM, highlights the many issues which need to be addressed in a water sector which is not adequately future...
Building resilience through an intersectional approach to climate change adaptation
While there’s no doubt climate change is a universal challenge affecting us all, it certainly does not affect us all equally. We know marginalised...
Professor David Hannah asks what the role of higher education institutes is in addressing the global climate crisis
The goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels remains theoretically possible. 1.5C is alive – but only just. Achieving this...
Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment
Innovative approaches to flood and coastal resilience taken by the Environment Agency, local authorities and local partners are helping to unlock significant wider social,...
Dr Magdalena Szczykulska, UKCEH, discusses the findings of a new study which shows that extreme soil moisture droughts are expected to occur more frequently
In this Water Vlog, Phil Alsop, Editor of Water Magazine, talks with Dr Magdalena Szczykulska, Hydro-Climate Modeller, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH),...
Frequency and duration of soil moisture droughts set to increase under climate change
A new study from UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) scientists shows that extreme soil moisture droughts in the UK – those lasting 90...
COP29 Presidency publishes final texts of nine Declarations and Pledges as part of its Action Agenda for the upcoming UN climate summit in Baku...
The COP29 Presidency has published the final texts of nine Declarations and Pledges as part of its Action Agenda for the upcoming UN climate...
National Drought Group discusses preparations for extreme weather following wettest 12 months in England since 1836
The changing climate means we will see more extreme weather in the coming years, the National Drought Group heard at its latest meeting yesterday...
Environmental Industries Commission publishes One Crisis report
The Environmental Industries Commission has published its report from its flagship event about ‘The One Crisis’, a term coined from the United Nations (UN),...
UK government appoints Arup to landmark water resilience programme
UK government has appointed global sustainable development and engineering consultancy, Arup, to the Just Transitions Water Security partnership.
Initiated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development...
Plans to create one of Europe’s biggest new woodlands gets green light at Loch Katrine
A scheme to create one of the biggest new woodlands in Europe at an iconic Scottish loch - and protect water supplies for generations...
New analysis from the British Standards Institution and Waterwise highlights lack of progress on water security which will impede economic growth in the UK
China, India and the US have been rated as facing the highest level of water security challenges alongside relatively limited progress towards solutions in...
UK to receive earlier flood and drought warnings using high-tech sensors and real time monitoring
Predicting where future flooding and droughts will strike next in the UK will be made easier under a new project for scientists using the...
DAERA Minister welcomes approval of Northern Ireland’s Environmental Improvement Plan
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed the Executive’s approval of Northern Ireland’s Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) which will act as their first Environment Strategy.
“I...
Wave buoy data boosts flood forecasting and community resilience
As climate change continues to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, experts say wave data is key to protecting Scotland’s coastal...
NI Water halfway to ambitious one million trees planting goal
Ambitious plans by NI Water to plant one million trees across Northern Ireland by 2030 have almost reached the halfway mark.
250,000 trees were put...
COP29 Presidency pushes water up climate agenda
The COP29 Presidency has outlined further details in its Action Agenda, laying out in full the series of pledges and initiatives that it will...
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