Fire Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

18 Nov 2021

Sir James Bevan speech to bankers post COP – no punches pulled – crystal clear warning

What next after COP? Fund the future or face the fire Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the Association of Foreign Banks, 16 November 2021 Introduction: Earth’s burning, fetch the engines, pour on water It’s a great honour to address such influential decision-makers at such a pivotal moment for […]

25 Feb 2020

Government’s austerity policies hampering the emergency response to flooding

News Water

‘Austerity continues with Local Authorities, Blue Light and EA facing another round of 5% cuts to their budgets. Whilst they rightly receive high praise for all their efforts which are well above and beyond the call of duty in these emergencies this is not recognised by central Government whose policies continue to undermine the efforts […]