The government has bowed to significant pressure from environmental groups and others and confirmed that former Business Secretary Alok Sharma will become the full-time President of the UN COP26 climate conference later this year.

Covered by the BBC.

Meanwhile, Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that 2020 was Europe’s warmest year ever recorded, and seasonally winter 2019/20 and autumn 2020 were also the warmest recorded.

From Water Briefing