04 Jun 2026
Image description: The overflow plughole on Ladybower reservoir in full flow. Peak District, England. Photo by Jonathan Bean on Unsplash Why it matters Ofwat has launched a consultation on new draft guidance for water companies delivering schemes under the Specified Infrastructure Projects Regulations 2013 (SIPR), the framework originally used to deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel. In […]
26 May 2026
Photo by Woody Wan Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced sweeping reforms to protect offshore wind farms, power stations and other critical clean energy projects from legal challenge, in a move that could significantly accelerate the consenting of new marine renewable infrastructure around the UK’s coastline. Under proposals published by HM Treasury on 20 May, Parliament […]
06 Jul 2015
Mark Smith – Economist viewpoint Our economic growth agendas of today risk playing dice with poverty reduction and prosperity if water risks continue to go unrecognised, argues Mark Smith, director of the IUCN Global Water Programme. Can you manage what you don’t measure? Produce such as coffee, cotton, and oil are traded commodities that are […]