ESG Report 2022 single pages web - Flipbook - Page 22
Environment
OUR ENVIRONMENT
Climate change is expected to worsen
the frequency, intensity and impacts of
extreme weather events. Without action
we will see detrimental changes to the
world we live in.
Carbon Brief reported the following key observations
when they assessed extreme weather events since
pre-20111.
RWS
Sustainability
Action Plan
Each of the four
sustainability pillars has
a targeted action plan to
ensure the right steps are
taken to both improve the
RWS business operations
and make progress
towards the UN’s
SDGs.
1 https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-
how-climate-change-affects-extremeweather-around-the-world/
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RWS — ESG Report 2022
ENVIRONMENT
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71% of the 504 extreme weather events and trends
were found to be made more likely or more severe due
to human-caused climate change
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Of the 152 extreme heat events that have been
assessed by scientists, 93% found that climate change
made the event or trend more likely or more severe
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For the 126 rainfall or flooding events studied, 56%
found human activity had made the event more likely or
more severe
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For the 81 drought events studied, 68% were worse due
to human activity
