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Exploring and evaluating governance and partnership approaches in flood and coastal erosion risk management.
Report published. Assessment of how strategic surface water management informs Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) delivery through the planning system.
A review into how information on all sources of flooding is used in spatial planning to achieve good outcomes for flood and coastal risk management
Providing a framework and evidence base for verifying and optimising current and future ensemble flood forecasting systems.
This project re-defined what causes ‘coastal squeeze’ and assessed the best way of managing its past and future impacts.
We’ve been working with international partners to promote natural flood management and published new guidance
Join upcoming workshops on coastal monitoring techniques and technologies that are available to document historical coastal change
Improving evidence to inform funding and spending.
We’re assessing the suitability of existing methods for estimating PMP and PMF. We're developing new methods and guidelines to understand risks posed to reservoirs from extreme flood events.
We’re working out how to measure changes in resilience to flooding and coastal change over time.
We will review and collate historical coastal change evidence and create a methodological framework to document historical coastal change.
This report has reviewed the evidence behind carbon offsetting looking at a wide range of different offsetting approaches which could be used in the UK.
This project identified ways to assess and predict where river channels are affected by geomorphological change across England and Wales.
This project provides evidence of current approaches to managing groundwater flood risk across England.
This project developed a framework to determine the priorities for future research on how to work with communities to manage the risks associated with flooding and coastal erosion.
This project provides the evidence to better understand adaptive approaches and how they are applied to flood and coastal risk management planning.
Report published. Recommendations to update the non-statutory technical standards to provide for multiple benefit Sustainable Drainage Systems in England.
Join our webinar sessions to hear more about the recently published project and our planned next steps to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
Bringing communities together to tackle long-term risks about climate change.
New tender opportunity from the Defra floods and water programme.
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