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Human-driven sea level rise is increasing coastal flooding: what it means for UK flood risk

Two studies published on the same day this week reached the same uncomfortable conclusion: the rise in coastal flooding we are already seeing is being driven, in large part, by human-caused sea level rise. Not a future risk. A present…
Posted on 10th June, 2026
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How Increasing Rainfall Is Changing Flood Risk in the UK

Flooding across the UK is becoming more frequent, more widespread and easier to trigger. A growing body of scientific evidence shows that this is being driven not by radically different storms, but by increasing rainfall intensity and wetter autumn and…
Posted on 5th February, 2026
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Climate Change Allowances for Flood Risk Assessments: A 2026 Guide

Climate change allowances are the figures the Environment Agency expects you to build into a flood risk assessment so that a development stays safe over its whole lifetime, not just on the day it is built. They convert what we…
Posted on 21st January, 2026
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UK Tree Planting Shortfall Weakens Flood Resilience

New statistics confirm the UK is on course to miss critical tree planting targets by 2030. The latest Forestry Statistics 2025: Analysis report warns that, at current rates, the country will fall behind the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) trajectory…
Posted on 26th September, 2025
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