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.
From:
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.
The Environment Agency has launched an
Action Plan outlining how the public body and its partners will tackle the rising risk of floods in the UK.
The
Action Plan sets out how the Environment Agency will implement its flood and coastal erosion strategies to avoid an estimated £32bn in economic damages.
The
Action Plan sits alongside a £5.2bn investment from government in better protecting 336,000 properties by 2027.
Involving local authorities, businesses, farmers, voluntary organisations, and infrastructure providers, the Environment Agency claims that the “measures set out in the FCERM (Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management) Strategy Action Plan will help ensure the nation is ready for, and resilient to, flooding and coastal change”.