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.
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.
Working together to manage flooding and coastal change
What is the Environment Agency’s role? The Environment Agency shares responsibility for managing flood and coastal risk in England with many partners and organisations all of whom play a really important part. Our role is varied. We build and maintain …
Keeping the main river network moving in Oxford this summer
My name is Simon, I’m Lead Team Member for Operational Delivery in the Upper Thames catchment. I’ve been here 41 years and I wouldn’t still being doing it if I didn’t enjoy it! I am outside most of the time …
Managing flood risk - now and into the future
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 conversation with the next generation of flood engineers
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 …
Why I'm looking forward to the Flood and Coast 2018
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 …
Why the best preparation for flooding happens on dry days
“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 …
Uncovering England’s landscape by 2020
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 …
Working with partners to deliver £2.5 billion flood investment programme
Following the 2013 Spending Review, for the first time we have a longer-term, 6 year plan to improve flood and coastal erosion risk management infrastructure. Our revised investment programme was one of the elements discussed at the recent annual Flood and Coast Conference. …