Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
In January, the Prime Minister launched the Government’s new national 25 year environment plan – quite a moment for those of us who’ve worked our whole careers in the environmental field. While the initial media interest has been in supermarket …
My role in the Environment Agency is about looking to the future of flood and coastal erosion risk management. I’m lucky enough to be doing the job when we’re working with partners to develop a new strategy looking forward to …
In this blog, Becky and Gabi write about their experiences as female engineers, the Environment Agency graduate scheme from both mentor and trainee perspectives and the Next Generation event at the Flood and Coast conference. Bio: Becky Sharpe: I’m Catchment Engineer …
The Environment Agency – like so many other organisations – would not be able to do its job properly without effective partnership working. Just like in our home life, partners are really important in our work life too – we …
I’ve been with the Environment Agency now for 20 years in a variety of roles. As part of this I’ve worked with lots of different people – inside and outside the organisation. And that’s one of the key things that’s …
Up until 8 months ago, I knew next to nothing about flooding. I’m lucky enough that my house has never been flooded and it’s not a subject I had to broach in my professional life, either. But that all changed …
“Prepare. Act. Survive.” Those are the simple but stark words behind the campaign we’ve launched this week to help keep people safe from flooding. Over 5 million properties across the country are at risk of flooding – that’s more than …
Marsh and mud have often received a bad press. In centuries past, coastal mudflats and marshes were thought of as derelict, even dangerous, places – scenes of criminal escapes and smuggled cargos landed. But over the last few decades, we …
Helping to protect the country from flooding is key to my role and, indeed, that of the Environment Agency. Over the years, many communities have seen flood defences built, maintained and operated in ways that reduce the risk of flooding. …
It’s been 2 years since we made our lidar (light detection and ranging) data available to the public, for free, as open data – and the interest in it has been incredible. In 2016/17, over 500,000 lidar downloads were …
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