Board Member Recruitment Campaign
Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd sets out the Agency's mission and the search for three new members of the EA's Board.
Emma Howard Boyd
Emma Howard Boyd is Chair of the Environment Agency. Emma joined the Environment Agency board in July 2009. Emma chaired the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, sat on the Pensions and Flood and Coastal Risk Management Committees and was an Area Board Member. She was appointed as Deputy Chair in July 2015.
Launching the flood and coastal resilience innovation programme
Today, 25 pioneering projects have received a share of £150 million of funding to put new aspects of the National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management to the test.
The Prime Minister visits Didsbury following Storm Christoph
This week, Storm Christoph brought heavy rain to very wet ground and full rivers. Today, I joined the Prime Minister who visited Didsbury in Greater Manchester where properties were evacuated. When we arrived the channel leading to the flood storage …
Apply to be part of the flood and coastal resilience innovation programme
Expressions of interest have opened for the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme, which will help communities improve resilience to flooding and coastal change
The Flood Strategy is go!
The Environment Agency’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy finished its journey through Parliament, meaning that we can start to put it into action, getting the nation better protected and prepared for the effects of climate change for decades to come.
Emma Howard Boyd on the State of the Environment Report
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, reflects on the recent State of the Environment Report.
EA2025: Unlocking nature
A look into our new 5 year plan, EA2025, which sets out how we will help to accelerate a just transition to a low-carbon and more climate resilient future.
Emma Howard Boyd discusses scrutiny of incinerator projects
EA Chair Emma Howard Boyd discusses energy from waste permits and the scrutiny applied to new incinerators
The Environment Agency and the coronavirus crisis
We will get through the coronavirus crisis but until then every single action (however small) carries a greater significance. This is made clear by the Government’s simple instruction: Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives. The Environment Agency is always focussed on …
The wettest February: between hills and sea
As people will have seen on ITV’s “Britain Underwater” this week, the experience of having your home or business flooded is hugely distressing. The emotional and economic damage cannot be scrubbed away with the mud. This month, I’ve met …