Scottish Water has announced new low-emission steel supply chain partners, as it continues its drive to cut carbon in its capital investment programme and operational services.

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has released the latest version of its Carbon Accounting Workbook (CAW), providing companies with the consistent, science-backed data needed for accurate emissions reporting and critical decarbonisation strategies. 

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has created a tool to identify and ‘design out’ potential carbon hotspots at the earliest possible stage of infrastructure projects.

A team of over 60 leading climate scientists are warning that the central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions.

Anglian Water has achieved KPI carbon targets linked to a Sustainability Bond, according to an update on progress against targets released by Anglian Water (Osprey) Financing PLC in relation to its £300 million Sustainability Linked Bond. 

Scottish Water has completed work on a £706,000 green energy scheme at a site near Falkirk, which is set to save around 135 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.

Scottish Water is on track to hit a major milestone of 500,000 trees planted through its woodland creation programme by the end of this planting season. More than 245 hectares of the water company’s land will be planted with native woodland before March 2025.

The UN is warning that nations must close the current huge emissions gap in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action - or continuation of current policies will lead to a catastrophic temperature rise of up to 3.1°C.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has offered advice on the level of the country’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UK Government, at the request of Secretary of State for Energy, Ed Miliband.

Unprecedented wildfires in Canada and parts of Amazonia last year were at least three times more likely due to climate change and contributed to high levels of CO2 emissions from burning globally.