22 Mar 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled his Spring Budget, introducing fresh funding for carbon capture technologies, reclassifying nuclear as a “sustainable” energy option and extending energy efficiency relief for households, as a part of an ongoing effort to halve inflation, grow the economy and reduce debt. But last week’s Budget will do little to meet the […]
22 Mar 2023
This speech was given by Aileen Armstrong, Senior Director, Company Performance and Price Control on 20 March 2023 at the Future of Utilities: Water conference. The challenges for companies at PR24 You’ll hear a lot today about the pressures the sector is facing. Water resources. River and bathing water quality. Climate change. Cost of living […]
15 Mar 2023
Researchers have produced a detailed “future flood map” of Britain – simulating the impact of flooding as climate change takes its toll. It has revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could increase by more than a fifth in today’s terms over the next century. That could be reduced if pledges to reduce global carbon […]
08 Mar 2023
The government is consulting until 5th April on the approach to the fourth round of reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP4 Strategy). We want to gather views from infrastructure operators and public bodies. We are asking about: the usefulness of reporting how to improve on this for future rounds what should be contained in […]
06 Mar 2023
As reported by The Times, over the next few months a company wants to dump tonnes of minerals used to make laxatives in the sea as a way to fight climate change. Planetary Technologies believes the minerals dump in the ocean could increase its alkalinity which in turn will remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The company […]
15 Feb 2023
Water is an impact multiplier for sustainability and inextricably linked to climate change and the degradation of ecosystems. Ninety per cent of natural disasters are water-related – whether flood, drought, or super-storm – causing millions in damages annually. With each passing year, there are more record-setting wet and dry seasons, affecting livelihoods, creating supply chain […]
18 Jan 2023
A partnership between the Environment Agency, RSPB, and Natural England, the project will provide essential space for nature to replace areas lost elsewhere in Poole Harbour due to sea level rise. The granting of planning permission by Dorset Council means this ambitious scheme to compensate for the impacts of climate change can proceed, and a […]
17 Jan 2023
The world’s oceans were the warmest on record for the fourth year in row in 2022. A study by an international team of scientists from sixteen institutes worldwide found that the five hottest years for oceans all happened in the past six years and that the speed at which oceans are warming is getting increasingly fast. Published […]
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