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.

Engineering and professional services consultancy, WSP, has been appointed by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to conduct research to support the Government’s third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment.

Yorkshire Water has applied for more drought permits due to the threat of a serious water shortage in the Yorkshire area caused by an exceptional shortage of rain.

The UK water companies undertook an extensive range of activities to ensure water resources in the long, hot summer of 2018 were successfully managed, according to a new analysis by Water UK.

Yorkshire Water has announced it is to become the first water company to regularly publish its full data on the region’s water resources – the data is generated by the water and normally only shared with the Environment Agency.

Yorkshire Water has applied to the Environment Agency for drought permits in the River Don catchment due to the threat of a serious water shortage in the South Yorkshire area caused by an exceptional shortage of rain.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has welcomed moves by ministers to tackle water leakages and drought which will be set out in a draft National Policy Statement this week.

The Chair of the Environment Agency is calling for business and communities to start planning now for climate change.

Experts from the Department for Food Environment and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency have asked the water companies to confirm that they are doing “everything possible to act early” to plan for possible pressure on water supplies next year.

NI Water has acknowledged that it “misinterpreted the extent of its powers “ when it imposed a hosepipe ban in June and July of this year during exceptionally hot weather conditions.