On a wet morning in summer 2007 I set off to Birmingham to discuss – of all things – drought planning for water companies. Throughout that year I had been busy working …
Hardly a day seems to go by when natural flood management is not in the news. Since the December 2015 floods, there has considerable political and public support for natural flood management. Actually, natural flood management – and the …
Flood forecasting is an incredibly exciting place to be right now with so many innovations designed to give communities better warning if it floods. The work we do can save lives by informing people in advance. I’ve worked in flood …
Flood and coastal risk management is an area where people naturally look to the Environment Agency for leadership. After all, we hold the strategic overview of flood and coastal risk management, and with colleagues across the Defra Group we have …
There are many organisations and people involved in managing flood and coastal risk. That’s a good thing: it's a complicated challenge and by working collaboratively we have access to the skills, resources, networks and expertise we need to do it …
14 years ago I led the creation of our first flood risk engineering degree programme. Today sees another step forward in our plans to develop the next generation of flood risk engineers with the launch of three different degree programmes …
I’m proud to be different. I tick many diversity boxes on a diversity form, it’s what makes me unique. My eyes have been opened to intersectionality by the theme of the Same But Different project created by Business in the …
We don’t offer spa treatments to the general public here in the Environment Agency, but we do provide the service to some local muscles (sorry, typo, ‘Mussels’). Once a year we send our intrepid officers out to chosen beaches to …
Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd and BRE Chief Executive Peter Bonfield, share their thoughts on improving our ability to cope with and recover from flooding. Our climate is changing. We are seeing more extreme weather events which …
This is a guest blog by Rob Hughes from the Angling Trust, and England carp angling team manager. Some of the more mature readers will remember the hilarious sketch from Monty Python’s famous film The Life Of Brian. Younger readers may …
Last November I blogged about our work on new nuclear power stations and my team of nuclear regulators who are assessing the reactor designs. We are working closely with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) …
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