Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts project to hold webinars on climate change resilience
The Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts (PACCo) project is inviting anyone that wishes to find out more about the project to register for two upcoming webinars and join the discussion on climate change resilience, socio-economics and adapting to changing coastlines.
Climate change - Environment Agency seeks views on updated plans to address increased flood risk in Thames Estuary
The Environment Agency is seeking views on protecting London and the Essex and Kent coasts that border the River Thames to shape the response to increased flood threat as climate change threatens to create higher sea levels.
Thames21 launches new Five Year Plan with call for more collaborative action to get rivers ‘climate-ready’ for impacts of floods and droughts
Thames21 has launched its Five Year Plan (2023-2028) with a call for more collaborative action to get the River Thames and its tributaries ‘climate-ready’ to tackle the impacts of floods and droughts.
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group launches Phase Two of Water Safe Cities project
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, currently chaired by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, is partnering with Grundfos and the Grundfos Foundation to launch the second phase of its Water Safe Cities project (WSC II).
Experts warn risk of passing multiple climate tipping points above 1.5°C global warming is escalating
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published today in the journal Science.
Ofwat sets out next steps to regulate water companies' environmental incentives to support water efficient new homes
Following on from its conclusions on developer charges and incentives in October 2021, Ofwat has now published a review of the environmental incentives water companies offer to developers to support more water efficient new homes.
Met Office says 2022 is joint hottest summer on record for England
Provisional statistics released by the Met Office show that England has had its joint hottest summer in a series which runs from 1884.
Ofwat wants to see "concerted action" to tackle operational and embedded carbon emissions in parallel at PR24
Ofwat is proposing to incentivise water companies to deliver on net zero at at the upcoming 2024 Price Review via the introduction of a common operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance commitment (PC) designed to encourage efficient expenditure.
Environment Agency says all of England’s South West region now in drought
The Environment Agency has confirmed that all of the South West of England is now in drought following some of the driest conditions in nearly 90 years.
Sale of horticultural peat to be banned by 2024 to protect England’s peatlands
The Government has announced that the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector will be banned by 2024 to protect peatlands and the natural environment.