20 Sep 2023
Waterwise is encouraging households to join its water awareness campaign by turning off their taps for a few hours during Water Night on 19 October to support stronger action on climate change and water awareness. To take part in Water Night, households will turn off all non-essential taps between 5pm to 10pm during the evening of […]
20 Sep 2023
This week’s Climate Week in New York involves numerous businesses, governments and environmental groups, and runs alongside the UN general assembly which will, on Wednesday, include a gathering of more than 100 national governments aimed at heightening global ambition to cut emissions. The UN has warned the world is well off track to meet goals that would avert disastrous […]
20 Sep 2023
A new governance structure for the Foundation for Water Research (FWR) has been launched, as part of the efforts to refresh the mission of this vital body analysing and translating water research for different audiences. The water sector is in flux in the UK and the revitalised FWR, which recently joined the IES family, has a critical […]
13 Sep 2023
The government’s environmental watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), has identified possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and Ofwat in relation to the regulation of combined sewer overflows (CSOs). The failures relate to a possible misinterpretation of the law, which […]
13 Sep 2023
13 Sep 2023
The Nature Positive Initiative is a new initiative aimed at driving alignment around the definition, integrity and use of the term ‘nature positive’ and supporting broader, longer-term efforts to deliver nature-positive outcomes. Launched this week, the initiative will engage business, government, and other stakeholders, and provide the tools and guidance to deliver nature-positive outcomes and […]
13 Sep 2023
A new report from international sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future highlights four possible future trajectories and calls for five shifts in how businesses operate if they are to manage the systemic risks associated with an increasingly disrupted climate. The report calls on leaders to shift their business: From a risk prevention mindset to a […]
13 Sep 2023
That is the finding of biologists at Goethe University Frankfurt, who say effluents from wastewater treatment plants have a dual effect: some species disappear, while others increase in number. The impact of effluent is especially noticeable with certain insect species, such as stonefly and caddisfly larvae, which are decimated. By contrast, certain worms and crustaceans, […]
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