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UN Global Compact Network UK Measuring Up 2.0

New report highlights the UK’s current performance against the UN Sustainable Development Goals

28 September 2022

The report, Measuring Up 2.0, comes from the UN Global Compact Network UK, a network of over 850 organisations dedicated to driving sustainable growth through responsible business practices including the Sustainable Development Goals.

Scientists pour cold water on claims British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’

11 July 2022

Water quality still ‘unacceptably poor’ in many Welsh – and UK rivers – research shows

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Cardiff University forge partnership

6 July 2022

Strategic alliance for collaboration and research

Landscape showing Llyn Brianne reservior in autumn

Llyn Brianne Added To ECT Network

9 June 2022

Llyn Brianne has been added to the Ecological Continuity Trust’s network

The Challenge of Global Water Security Cardiff University

Challenge of Global Water Security short course now open

3 May 2022

The future of freshwater is in the hands of those working on solutions today.

Cardiff joins offshore renewable energy project

13 April 2022

The University will participate in ORE Catapult’s Welsh Centre of Excellence to support the growth of the Welsh offshore renewable energy sector.

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in otters across England and Wales – new research

25 January 2022

Study led by Cardiff University Otter Project suggests ‘widespread pollution’ of British freshwaters

Otter populations in Wales show decline, survey suggests

16 December 2021

Cardiff University experts helped survey more than 1,000 sites in Wales

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Supporting capacity and capability in the freshwater sector

30 November 2021

The Water Research Institute recently interviewed a range of experts to better understand current and future freshwater needs, and the role of stakeholders in addressing them.

Research films put science at heart of COP Cymru

24 November 2021

Video series demonstrates strength of Wales’s climate research