Flood Planning

Floods and dredging: explaining the Environment Agency’s approach

pressoffice, 23 December 2021 - Flood, Flood Planning

What is dredging and desilting? Dredging and desilting are methods that we use to remove an accumulation of silt material, such as fine gravels or soils that have been washed into rivers from surrounding land in the catchment, from the …

Planning for a climate resilient future - Flood & Coast Conference 2019

Julie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy & National Adaptation at the Environment Agency, 5 June 2019 - Climate change, Flood Planning

Climate change is the biggest challenge we face as a nation. We can already see the impact of a changing climate with increased flooding over the past decade and summer heatwaves. In all climate futures, we’ll experience a continued rise …