Flooding & Drought

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
  • Biodiversity & Nature

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
  • Biodiversity & Nature

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
  • Biodiversity & Nature

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
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