Flooding at Fingringhoe Wick in Essex by Matthew Roberts
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5.2 million properties in England (one in six) are at risk of flooding and two thirds of England is reliant on infrastructure, which is at risk of being flooded. This includes much of our critical infrastructure such as energy, water treatment and transport. Flood risk is expected to at least double by 2050, even with the current mitigation efforts.
Natural Flood Management (NFM) is gaining traction as a lower-cost, multi-benefit complement to traditional ‘hard’ flood defences to help to protect communities from the effects of river, coastal and surface water flooding. The UK Government’s latest Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy, published in 2020, explicitly stated that natural processes should sit at the heart of flood risk management. Its policy statement committed to doubling the number of flood management projects, which include nature-based solutions. The Environment Agency estimates that this means around 260 Natural Flood Management projects need to be implemented with UK Government funding in England during the period 2021 – 2027.
The Wildlife Trusts' Chief Executive, Craig Bennett, will be joined by panellists including Environment Agency, RSA Insurance, Stantec and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
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