Despite official claims that the São Francisco River project supplies 12m people, many of those who had to make way for its construction in 2007 still have no water at allA concrete canal cutting through the Caatinga scrubland...
Read MoreCenturies-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be availableA loud cheer and sounds of clapping reverberated around Bansilalpet, a neighbourhood in...
Read MoreWhile famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possibleDuring the drought of 2022, London came perilously close to running out of water. Water companies and the...
Read MoreNational Drought Group meets and water companies prepare to take drastic action as supplies dwindleA nationally significant water shortfall is gripping England, the government has warned, as experts say the conditions could last...
Read MoreExperts warn accurately monitoring consumption by bulk users such as farmers, datacentres and businesses can be all but impossibleDemand for water is rising fast but England’s system for tracking water use is outdated, patchy...
Read MorePlans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessmentLabour is putting people, the economy and the environment in increasing peril by failing to act on the effects of the...
Read MoreChongqing authorities say cloud seeding to break heatwave did not cause winds that sent laundry flyingIt was the talk of the town. After the authorities sought to break a long-running heatwave in Chongqing by using cloud-seeding...
Read MoreExperts say changing climate is ‘threat multiplier’ and that US and Germany already include it in planningThe US, Germany and other countries are putting the climate crisis at the heart of their national security plans but the...
Read MoreCabinet Office does not have strategy to ensure resilience to extreme weather, says National Audit OfficeThe UK government is not adequately prepared for climate disasters including severe droughts and floods, a report by the...
Read MoreFresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink suppliesA healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable...
Read MoreEnvironment Agency tells supplier to rethink plans to tackle droughts by pumping water from Thames and Severn Thames Water has been told by the Environment Agency it needs to do more to fix the 630m litres of water it leaks a...
Read MoreCampaigners say government and water companies have not done enough to conserve water suppliesRiver levels across the UK have been at record lows and are likely to be “devastated”, as new data forecasts broadly dry...
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