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01 Jun 2021

UK announces membership of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

The UK has announced its membership of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). ORRAA is a multi-sector collaboration between governments, financial institutions, the insurance industry, environmental organisations and stakeholders from the Global South. The Alliance’s purpose is to build resilience in the regions and communities most vulnerable to ocean risk, by pioneering finance and insurance products that incentivise investment in nature-based solutions and […]

03 Mar 2021

New report warns cost of water risks to business five times higher than cost of taking action

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The report, A Wave of Change, by CDP, a non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure platform, finds that the companies disclosing through CDP’s water security questionnaire in 2020 risk losing up to a combined US$301 billion in business value if they fail to address them. THE CDP estimate the total cost of addressing these […]

05 Jan 2021

Covid-19, floods and climate change highlighted in latest UK National Risk Register update

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From Water Briefing The NRR provides information on the most significant risks that could occur in the next two years and which could have a wide range of impacts on the UK. Published by the Cabinet Office on 18th December, the National Risk Register – 2020 edition provides an updated government assessment of the likelihood and potential impact […]

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 […]

26 Nov 2020

Flood Guidance: Two reports – How flood risk is changing over time & Wave Overtopping flood defences

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Flood risk changes! New Guidance recognises that flood risk is changing Environment Agency: Development of interim national guidance on nonstationary fluvial flood frequency estimation Project summary FRS18087/IG/S We have developed new tools and techniques to help us detect and take account of non-stationarity in flood frequency estimation for flood scheme appraisal. Background Traditional methods used […]

13 Aug 2020

New Climate Risk website launched by the Climate Change Committee

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New site link https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/ What is the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report? The UK Government is required, under the 2008 Climate Change Act, to publish a climate change risk assessment (CCRA) every five years which is published on the Government website. The assessment sets out the risks and opportunities facing the UK from climate change. The Committee […]

06 Aug 2020

Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) Future flood risk – Sayers Report

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CCC Flood Review Report – Sayers https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Future-Flooding-Main-Report-Sayers-1.pdf Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) Future flood risk Main Report Sayers, P.B, Horritt, M.S, Carr, S, Kay, A, Mauz, J, Lamb, R and Penning-Rowsell, E Summary ‘Background Under the Climate Change Act 2008 the UK Government is required to publish a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) […]

09 Jun 2020

Bouncing forward: a resilience approach to dealing with COVID‑19 and future systemic shocks

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Thanks to Richard Ashley for sending this through. Abstract Policy questions are often framed in popular discussion as situations where pulling the right levers will get the economy and society back on track after shocks and crises. This approach ignores how systems interact and how their systemic properties shape socioeconomic outcomes, leading to an over-emphasis […]