How can we address the challenge of flooding and drought?
Your latest stories addressing flooding and drought
Slow the Flow Calderdale
Advancing public education in natural methods of managing flooding.
Calderdale
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Sustainable Landscapes Humber Project
Using ‘pop-up rainforests’ to fight climate change, boost soil quality and reduce flood risk.
East Riding of Yorkshire
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Ealing Wildlife Group: Beaver Project
Bringing beavers back to London, to learn how to live alongside them in an urban environment.
Ealing
Biodiversity loss
Flooding & drought
High Hirst Woodmeadow Project
Boosting biodiversity, reducing flood risks and capturing carbon with the creation of a woodmeadow.
Calderdale
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Transition Town Worthing CIC
Building a strong, local, sustainable network in Worthing to reduce our environmental impact.
Worthing
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Energy
Biodiversity & Nature
Highland Adapts: Regional Adaptation Partnership
Bringing Highland together to facilitate transformational action towards a climate-ready region.
Highland
Flooding & drought
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Built Environment
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Think big locally
Why flooding and drought?
Climate change is water change. Increasingly, we face the threat of too much or too little water in many places across the UK. To reduce water scarcity, it is critical to find a balance between our multiple demands on the water supply and the need to maintain a healthy natural environment that supports life. Perversely, flooding is also one of our biggest potential civil emergencies . One-in-seven homes and businesses facing some form of flood risk in England alone, compounded by surface water flooding from hard surfacing. We don’t have to look far to see how closely climate change and water are linked: the impact is being felt directly and locally.
Blue Green City Of The Future
The Living With Water partnership is working with the people of Hull to protect the city and wider area from flooding, putting resilience and community regeneration at the heart of everything they do.
Initiatives addressing flooding and drought
Slow the Flow Calderdale
Advancing public education in natural methods of managing flooding.
Calderdale
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Sustainable Landscapes Humber Project
Using ‘pop-up rainforests’ to fight climate change, boost soil quality and reduce flood risk.
East Riding of Yorkshire
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Ealing Wildlife Group: Beaver Project
Bringing beavers back to London, to learn how to live alongside them in an urban environment.
Ealing
Biodiversity loss
Flooding & drought
High Hirst Woodmeadow Project
Boosting biodiversity, reducing flood risks and capturing carbon with the creation of a woodmeadow.
Calderdale
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Transition Town Worthing CIC
Building a strong, local, sustainable network in Worthing to reduce our environmental impact.
Worthing
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Energy
Biodiversity & Nature
Highland Adapts: Regional Adaptation Partnership
Bringing Highland together to facilitate transformational action towards a climate-ready region.
Highland
Flooding & drought
Food security & supply
Health & wellbeing
Built Environment
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Rewilding Soar Valley
Creating a landscape rich in wildlife, valued and enjoyed by all.
North West Leicestershire
Biodiversity loss
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Petrus Incredible Edible Rochdale
Supporting the community to improve their health and wellbeing through horticulture.
Rochdale
Biodiversity loss
Flooding & drought
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
IBERS Energy Crop Biology
Increasing energy crop yield, resilience, and carbon sequestration potential.
Ceredigion
Carbon emissions
Flooding & drought
Tech & Innovation
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Circular Economy
Energy
Porthkerry Country Park Rewilding
Improving the biodiversity of the old golf course to benefit wildlife and people.
Vale of Glamorgan
Biodiversity loss
Flooding & drought
Health & wellbeing
Golygfa Gwydyr
Enhancing environmental and social resilience and providing opportunities for community relations.
Conwy
Biodiversity loss
Flooding & drought
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Living Wales
Ensuring operational use of Earth observations for monitoring Wales’ landscapes.
Ceredigion
Biodiversity loss
Flooding & drought
Tech & Innovation
Biodiversity & Nature
Built Environment
Land Use, Food & Agriculture