Why COP29 must be guided by climate devastation in poor countries like Malawi
by Tommy Chimpanzi | Friday, November 15, 2024 As world leaders meet in Azerbaijan this week for COP29, I urge them to think of the communities I work with in Malawi. Our small south-east African state is being relentlessly battered by the brutal impacts of climate change. Over the past five decades, Malawi has experienced more […]
Midway through COP29: Hanging on by a thread, or all to play for?
by Barbara Rosen Jacobson | Debbie Hillier | Monday, November 18, 2024 As COP29 in Azerbaijan reaches its halfway mark, we’ve been observing strained negotiations. From the critical discussions on the creation of a new climate finance goal to negotiations on adaptation and mitigation, an ambitious outcome of this pivotal climate summit is still far […]
Failure on finance deal will have devastating consequences
by Salomé Lehtman | Debbie Hillier | Barbara Rosen Jacobson | Colin McQuistan | Laura Bahlman | Kristen Ostling | Monday, November 25, 2024 Dubbed ‘the Finance COP,’ the latest global climate summit would succeed or fail based on the nature of the deal made on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. […]
Cities and climate resilience: reflections from the World Urban Forum 2024
by Brenda Ávila Flores | Ana Merenciano | Carmen Martinez | Cale Johnstone | Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Following the conclusion of COP29 in November, a critical area of discussion in climate mitigation and adaptation is the role of the urban context. While urban areas are responsible for the majority of global carbon emissions, they […]
Towards effective early warning systems: impact and lessons from Nepal and Peru
by Georgia Landray | Mirianna Budimir | Dharam R. Uprety | Miguel Arestegui | Sarah Begg | Friday, December 20, 2024 An assessment of Early Warning Systems (EWS) by Practical Action in Nepal and Peru highlights the need to focus on individuals and communities in the design and implementation of these systems. Some 3.3 to 3.6 billion […]
Storm recovery in Lincolnshire – Creating a better place
My name is Paul Dutchburn, and I am the Asset Performance Team Leader in the South Humber & East Coast (SHEC) in the Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire Area. Six months after the eighth storm of the 2023-2024 season, I am now looking back to Storms Henk and Babet and the work that the Environment Agency has […]
River vegetation management in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire – reducing flood risk – Creating a better place
Abigail Ovenden, Asset Management Engagement Advisor, looks at how the Environment Agency reduces flood risk in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire by cutting vegetation. Environment Agency teams (and contractors on our behalf) manage vegetation and weed growth along 2,210 kilometres of Main River across the Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire area. Main rivers include the Nene, Welland, Witham and […]
Going beneath the surface to reduce flood risk – Creating a better place
Sam MacAllister and Tracy Hodsman from our asset performance teams explain how looking beneath the surface can be a key part of ensuring those on dry land have their flood risk reduced. The Environment Agency manages many different structures up and down the country that help reduce flood risk. As part of this management, work […]
After six years – Creating a better place
In 2018, the Environment Agency commissioned the Ipswich Tidal Barrier, a critical infrastructure project costing nearly £70 million. Six years on, the Suffolk Asset Performance Team tell us what has happened since. The Ipswich Tidal Barrier consists of a 200-tonne rotating steel Barrier which can be raised in minutes, helping to keep the town safe […]
Spotlight on the field teams working in Hampshire and Sussex to reduce flooding – Creating a better place
It’s Flood Action Week so we’re showcasing the great work of our field teams in Hampshire and Sussex. These teams play a vital role reducing the risk of flooding to communities in the south east of England. In Hampshire and West Sussex alone, the Environment Agency maintains 4,500 flood risk structures which protect approx. 5,500 […]