Companies around the world are struggling to make progress on climate change, resource efficiency and natural capital dependency, according to the 2014 State of Green Business report published by GreenBiz Group in partnership with Trucost plc.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has launched two public consultations to help inform the next stage of Scotland's plans for the sustainable management of rivers, lochs, estuaries, coastal waters and groundwater.

The RSPB, the country's largest nature conservation charity, has launched a legal challenge to the decision to allow an airport expansion at Lydd in Kent which would see passenger traffic increase from 4,000 a year to 500,000 - which RSPB says will damage the internationally important Dungeness Nature Reserve.

The World Economic Forum has published its Global Risks 2014 report which puts water risks ahead of failures in climate change mitigation and adaptation and the greater incidence of extreme weather events as a key threat to global economic growth.

The Scottish Government has announced plans for a major pumped hydroelectric storage project at Cruachan Argyll, describing it as a nationally important hydroelectricity facility, one of 14 infrastructure developments across Scotland in a new national plan.