According to a new report by Dam Removal Europe, the European dam removal movement achieved another record-breaking year. A remarkable 487 barriers were removed in 15 European countries in 2023 – a 50% increase on last year’s record number.
Network Rail has today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4 billion rail improvement plan which includes around £2.8 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change over the five years to 2029.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Global Climate 2023 report confirms that last year broke every single climate indicator to be, by far, the warmest year on record.
NI Water has launched a public consultation on its draft Water Resource & Supply Resilience Plan – the consultation started on 22 March 2024 and closes on 24 May 2024.
The £30 million, Net Zero research centre which will tackle global environmental challenges has officially opened its doors this week. The Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) is a first-of-its-kind partnership between South West Water, the University of Exeter and Research England.
Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 1.99 million square kilometers (768,000 square miles) on February 20, 2024, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Scottish Water is harnessing nature based solutions to help reduce flooding in communities during extreme rainfall caused by climate change on a range of pilot projects across Scotland.
The Met Office has issued a series of warnings this morning saying that wet and windy weather will continue through much of this week.
The Environment Agency has set out its plans to publish new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion, including future scenarios accounting for climate change.
The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) is warning that global warming exceeded 1.5C for a full year.