There has been a substantial fall in public support for water nationalisation, according to a new survey by leading polling experts in corporate reputation and public policy ComRes. 

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is warning that the UK homes are unfit for the challenges of climate change, including flooding and water scarcity and says the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets will not be met without the near-complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from UK buildings.

New scorecards, analysing how successful water company plans for the upcoming AMP7 2020-25 investment programme are likely to be in protecting and improving the environment, have been published by Blueprint for Water, part of the Wildlife and Countryside Link nature coalition, the largest environment coalition in England.

The National Drought Group (NDG) has met again this week to assess the water resource situation and actions being taken to reduce risk for summer 2019 – including how issues from EU Exit may impact on water resources for later in the year.

A new report from the World Economic Forum is warning that environmental degradation is the long-term risk that defines our age, with four of the top five most impactful global risks in 2019 related to climate change.

Companies in the Dutch water sector are reporting further growth in exports – outturn figures for 2018 are expected to be €7.6 billion euro, an increase of 6.9% compared to 2017.