drought

Drought warnings: How can policy support UK farmers and food systems?

With the UK set to experience drought conditions until October, agriculture industry organisations are urging the Government to bring forward new interventions for a more sustainable food system.

Heatwaves, drought, flooding: Is the UK taking a piecemeal approach to climate adaptation?

Climate & nature

New framework launched at COP26 to help businesses and regions measure climate resiliency

Climate & nature

Nations to mobilise $12bn to tackle deforestation and land degradation

Climate & nature

Report: This summer’s extreme weather events would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis

Climate & nature

Report: Move water to top of political agenda to deliver environmental and social wins

Circular economy

Water resources infrastructure policy due this Autumn

Circular economy

Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population, say experts

Circular economy

England could run short of water within 25 years

Circular economy

Climate change made UK heatwave 30 times more likely – Met Office

The sweltering heat that hit the UK this summer was made 30 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a Met Office analysis has found.

Climate & nature

UK summer ‘wind drought’ puts green revolution into reverse

Britain's long heatwave threw the country's green energy revolution into reverse and pushed up carbon emissions this summer, leading experts to stress the need for a diverse energy mix.

Energy

Extreme temperatures ‘especially likely for next four years’

The world is likely to see more extreme temperatures in the coming four years as natural warming reinforces manmade climate change, according to a new global forecasting system.