Environment Agency publishes new evidence to plan for flood and coastal risk up to 2065 The study uses climate change, population and mapping data to set out future flood risk scenarios. The Environment Agency is investing £2.6 billion in flood and coastal erosion risk management projects between 2015 and 2021, helping to protect 300,000 homes. […]
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to the Climate Action Society Published 20 February 2019 Climate Action Society, University College London, Wednesday 20 February 2019 Good evening. “I want you to panic.” This simple message came from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. It caught the world’s attention. It ignited Friday’s schools climate […]
News from the Environment Agency about a project to better protect eels, a critically endangered species, by learning more about their migration routes. Prehistoric eels travel around 6000 kilometres from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean but exactly where they spawn remains completely unknown. In December, three eels were fitted with satellite tags and released into […]
This research project has developed new guidance to estimate local drainage rates when mapping and modelling surface water flood risk This research project has developed new guidance to estimate local drainage rates when mapping and modelling surface water flood risk. The information can be used to validate and update the national maps, called the Risk […]
The Environment Agency has published its revised Salmon and Sea Trout Protection Byelaws which came into effect at the start of the year. Environment Agency introduce restrictions on fishing in England in response to the international decline in migratory salmon stocks. Published 18 December 2018. The Environment Agency’s national salmon and sea trout byelaws, applicable […]
National Drought Group – EA Chairman’s Statement – January 2019 Environment Agency: Published 22 January 2019 The National Drought Group (NDG) brings together government departments, water companies, environmental groups and others. The role of the group is to prepare for and mitigate the impacts of dry weather, to coordinate action to maintain water supplies, consider […]
The first part of the Environment Bill was published before Christmas and embodies some key elements of how we will frame our environmental activities post Brexit. The speech below by Emma Howard Boyd rightly signals why this is important to everyone working in environmental sector. Read more commentary in the Guardian assessment of the Environment […]
Environment Agency ‘We are consulting on future close season arrangements for coarse fishing on English rivers. The current coarse fishing close season on rivers, some canals and some stillwaters runs from 15 March to 15 June. There is no close season on most canals and most stillwaters. We want to better understand the risks and […]