flood risk

Heatwaves, drought, flooding: Is the UK taking a piecemeal approach to climate adaptation?

Heatwaves, drought, flooding: Is the UK taking a piecemeal approach to climate adaptation?

The UK Government has pledged £100m of new funding for frequently-flooded areas, in the same week that the Environment Agency convened its drought task force following the heatwave. But is it enough?

CCC: UK’s energy and water infrastructure providers not yet prepped for climate risks

Now available on-demand: edie’s webinar on moving from climate risk to climate resilience

Water risks set to cost cities $194bn each year by 2050 – but which places will be worst affected?

Report: Meat and dairy industry must urgently innovate towards plant-based in face of climate crisis

Almost half of London’s commercial properties exposed to higher flood risks

TCFD support skyrockets as climate risks and opportunities reporting creeps up

Government outlines £5.2bn flood defence spending plans

Water sector unveils £2.7bn green recovery framework

Defra unveils £10m fund for nature-based climate solutions

Scotland commits £1.6bn for national green recovery

Environmental net gain: An enduring development concept for resilient legacies

UK water companies to plant 11 million trees to assist carbon-neutral aims

Yorkshire Water plants first of a million trees to help prevent floods

World Water Week: Valuing our natural environment

Yorkshire Water backs Northern Forest to reduce flood risk and offset carbon emissions

Yorkshire Water has announced plans to plant one million trees as part of the creation of a Northern Forest, while also addressing flood risk and offsetting carbon emissions.

Autonomous systems for environmental monitoring

Sustainability megatrends: It’s time for business to collaborate on climate change

Continuing edie's new megatrends series of thought-leadership articles on the global impact of megatrends, World Resources Institute's Eliot Metzger and Moushumi Chaudhury explore how businesses are dealing with the widespread effects of climate change.

Dealing with the new and the old: Bringing sustainable drainage to the fore

Defra outlines five-year climate action plan in national risk assessment

On the same day that the Met Office confirmed that 2016 was the hottest year since records began, the UK Government has today (18 January) highlighted the need to ramp up national efforts on climate change over the next five years in a new report of its own.
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