National Drought Group states that careful and proactive management of water resources is needed throughout the winter to reduce the risk of drought next year. Participants at the latest National Drought Group (NDG) meeting have set out further action needed now and over winter to mitigate the impacts of drought on water supplies, agriculture and […]
There have been widespread concerns expressed by numerous organisations regarding the UK Government’s announcements in their recently announced Growth Plan. This has been accompanied by significant coverage in many media outlets. The UK Government has responded to these concerns and a spokesperson said: “Claims we intend to go back on our commitment to […]
The Environment Agency and other flood risk management authorities are reviewing and updating plans for managing flood risk in the Thames Estuary. The plan is a long-term strategy to manage flood risk and climate change impacts in the Thames Estuary. Below is an extract from the Environment Agency’s release on the launch of a new […]
Thames21 launches new Five Year Plan with call for more collaborative action to get rivers ‘climate-ready’ for impacts of floods and droughts. The environmental charity has announced plans to ramp up its efforts to work with communities and river stakeholders to help develop nature-based solutions to be better prepared to tackle the growing impacts […]