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09 Dec 2020

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ends policy favouring flood walls over green projects – nature based solutions

FEMA ends policy favouring flood walls over green protections The Federal Emergency Management Agency has taken a dramatic step to encourage communities to use environmentally friendly features such as wetlands for flood protection instead of building sea walls and levees. A new FEMA flood policy released late last month with no public announcement is drawing praise from […]

03 Dec 2020

Climate change and water: Are we doing enough, fast enough? Emma Howard Boyd speech

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Climate change and water: Are we doing enough, fast enough? Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency to the Institute of Water February this year was the wettest on record. It was followed by the sunniest spring on record. Climate change will increasingly bounce us between these extremes in the coming decades, and water […]

03 Dec 2020

National Audit office (NAO) report on Flood risk & Independent report on flood insurance

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NAO This report evaluates whether government’s approach to managing the risks of flooding and coastal erosion is achieving value for money. Background to the report Flooding and coastal erosion put lives, livelihoods and people’s well-being at risk. The Environment Agency (EA) estimates that 5.2 million homes and businesses in England are at risk of flooding […]

03 Dec 2020

Wet wipes warning: Up to a quarter of wipes sold could end up in sewer network

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Anglian water ‘A new study is warning that up to a quarter of wet wipes sold in the UK could end up in the sewer network – and that wipes containing plastic fibres make up 80% of items being wrongly flushed. Anglian Water has conducted a study of plastics being wrongly flushed into one of […]

03 Dec 2020

New Collaborative Approach to Green Finance for Natural Flood Management

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Wyre Natural Flood Management Project: Partnership project to enhance the local environment and protect against flood risk – Update A virtual launch of the Wyre NFM (Natural Flood Management) Investment Readiness Project was held Monday 26 October and was attended by key partners and stakeholders, including Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd. Organised as a […]

03 Dec 2020

Nature Based Solutions: IUCN Global Standard

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Ensuring Nature based Solutions actions address global challenges Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a powerful ally to address societal challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security. As the world strives to emerge from the current pandemic and move towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is imperative that future investments in nature reach […]

03 Dec 2020

Quagga mussels found in the River Trent and Rutland Water

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Environment Agency: ‘Quagga mussels found in the River Trent and Rutland Water Invasive non-native species found in East Midlands River and reservoir users urged to follow ‘check, clean, dry’ procedures Environment Agency and Anglian Water working together to identify spread The invasive non-native species has recently been found in the River Trent near Newton-on-Trent, Lincolnshire, […]

26 Nov 2020

Independent environment watchdog – George Eustice letter to Parliamentary committees re interim arrangements

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Defra: 19th November: Environment Secretary George Eustice has set out the next steps in establishing a new world-leading independent environmental watchdog. Writing to the chairs of the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA), he explained how the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will be established and operational as soon as possible […]