Environment Agency launches new flooding Action Plan
The Environment Agency s FCERM Strategy Action Plan will help to better protect over hundreds of thousands more homes and businesses in the years ahead.
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12 May 2021
Communities, local authorities and government working together is crucial if we are to tackle the climate emergency, the Environment Agency said today, as it launched its annual Action Plan to help protect England from flooding and coastal erosion.
England currently remains on course for 59 per cent more winter rainfall and once-a-century sea level events every year by 2100 and major adaptation will be required to meet the changing climate picture.
We need to step up our efforts : Environment Agency unveils flooding plan for England
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Flood risk is expected to intensify across England as climate change worsens in the coming decades
Support for community groups, insurance, property risk training, and climate resilient infrastructure among measures in new strategy
Community flood groups, property resilience training, insurance support, and the development of long term regional plans to combat and adapt to the growing threats caused by devastating floods have been.
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