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World Economic Forum: water is top global risk for next decade
  Environmental risks have come to prominence in the global risks landscape in 2016. The World Economic Forum: The Global Risks Report 2016 has been published and has identified water as Read more
Water Security, Climate Change, Report, world economic forum, global risks

Scottish national flood risk plan: flood protection
  The Scottish Government has unveiled a plan to protect homes, businesses and communities from flooding. The Flood Risk Management plan contains 14 local strategies and proposals for 42 flood Read more
Flooding, Flood Risk Management, national flood risk plan, Scotland, Storm Frank

Living with Environmental Change - Health report card
    Climate change is likely to have a wide range of impacts on health - some harmful, others potentially beneficial. This LWEC report card summarises the latest scientific evidence and Read more
Climate Change, NERC, LWEC, Report Card, Health, Living with environmental change

Announcement of Opportunity: Understanding the Impacts of the Current El Nino Event
  NERC and the Department for International Development (DFID) will shortly be inviting proposals for a new £4m collaborative research programme on 'Understanding the Impacts of the Current El Read more
NERC, Funding Opportunity, DFID, Department for International Development, El Nino

NERC announces new strategic partnership with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
  NERC has joined forces with Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) to help tackle future environmental challenges in managing water supply and provide vital data to decision makers.  Officially Read more
water quality, Water Utilities, Water Security, Water Management, NERC, DCWW

December Hydrological Summary published
  December was an extraordinary month in both meteorological and hydrological terms, with some of the most widespread and severe flooding witnessed in the UK. It was remarkably mild throughout Read more

New Environment Agency report on 'Understanding the performance of water supply systems during mild to extreme droughts'
  Current water resources planning in England and Wales tests the resilience of public water supply systems against the worst historical droughts in the observed record. This approach, however, Read more
drought, water supply, Water Resource Management, drought plan

January Hydrological Outlook published
  Summary The one-month outlook is for January river flows to be above normal across most of northern and western Britain, with flows likely to be much higher than the normal range in some areas Read more
GroundWater, river flows, Hydrological Outlook, Rainfall

Met Office: December 2015 breaks records
  The latest provisional statistics from the Met Office confirm December has broken records both for rainfall and temperature The month was not only the wettest December on record, but also the Read more
Rainfall, Met Office, Summary

BGS: Has groundwater influenced the recent UK floods (December 2015 — January 2016)?
  The festive season was marred by floods for many people in northern England (including Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire) and Scotland (including Perthshire, Aberdeenshire and the Scottish Read more
GroundWater, Flooding, BGS

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