Northumbrian Water is seeing unprecedented levels of water usage across the North East as the hot weather continues across the region.

Scottish Water says demand has been so high during the warm weather that the company is having to produce more than 200 million litres of extra water per day nationwide.

The House of Commons International Trade Committee has today launched an inquiry on COP26 and international trade.

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) has launched a major new campaign calling for the creation of 100,000 hectares of healthy wetlands in the UK to help combat the climate, nature and wellbeing crisis.

Water UK and Waterwise are urging everyone to save water during the nationwide heatwave when water usage is likely to be higher than normal.

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more reported as a result of devastating floods which have hit Germany and neighbouring countries in the last 24 hours as a result of unprecedented levels of torrential rainfall.

United Utilities has become the first UK water firm to receive the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) stamp of approval the company’s ambitious science-based emissions targets.

The National Audit Office is warning that there are serious weaknesses in central government’s approach to working with local authorities on decarbonisation, stemming from a lack of clarity over local authorities’ overall roles, piecemeal funding, and diffuse accountabilities.

Anglian Water is making rapid progress with the installation of 1.1million new upgraded water meters for homes and businesses across the region as part of a five-year project investing more than £180 million.

Yorkshire Water has revealed its strategy to reach an ambitious carbon net zero target by 2030.