While many of us dream of hot, summer days, the reality is that extreme heat in the UK can affect our health and infrastructure, with fatal consequences. The Met Office introduced a new warning system for extreme heat in July 2021.

The pace of climate change is outstripping the actions taken to adapt to it. Strong words from the third independent assessment of the UK's climate risks. So what should the Government do next?

Heat, drought, poor air quality, floods and wildfires are expected to worsen with climate change. Western Canada is experiencing all of these in a one week period … while attempting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recently issued its latest report on the state of the global climate in 2020. It shows that 2020 was close to the warmest year ever, with plenty of records tumbling.

Occasional dry Aprils are one thing, but a run of 14 of them one after another ...?

It's all about the surface air pressure over the North Atlantic.....

Weather happens 'out there' too.

Thanks to heavy snow and south-westerly winds, some snow patches survived throughout the year.

Out go the most devastating storm names as well as the Greek alphabet