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PM pledges 40m to fix flood defences
2016-01-03 09:41:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Flood defences "overwhelmed" by recent record rainfall will be fixed and bolstered as part of a 40m package for Yorkshire, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
UN: Freak weather a warning to step up climate defences
2015-12-30 13:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Change News: Governments have been told to face a new abnormal of extreme weather after a wave of natural disasters wrought death and economic damage around the world in recent days. Heavy flooding in Britain and South America, and devastating tornadoes in the US has laid bare the lack of official preventative measures, Margareta Wahlstrom, head of the UN`s disaster risk reduction agency said on Tuesday. They highlighted how climate change-linked events were becoming harder to predict as the planet overheats,...
United Kingdom: Ministers bow anger over flood defences
2015-12-13 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Ministers have been forced to bow to anger over claims the Government was unprepared for the consequences of the heavy flooding that hit Britain last week. Public criticism over its ability cope with extreme weather episodes such as the one which left hundreds of people washed out of their homes across northern England last night forced Whitehall to announce a major review of Britains plans for coping with worst case floods. Under the review, new flood defences will be drawn up for northern...
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Are we wasting our time building flood defences?
2015-12-11 11:37:00| BIFM News
Blog by Steve Dance, Managing Partner, RiskCentric and Committee Member on BIFM’s Risk & Business Continuity Special Interest Group.
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United Kingdom: 2.3bn flood defences in England good news but still not enough
2014-12-02 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The 2.3bn for flood defences in England re-announced by the government on Tuesday is, quite literally, the least it could do. It is good news for the 300,000 homes that will gain better protection. But is not enough to hold back the rising tide of flood risk, driven by climate change, that affects millions more. Flood defences are expensive, of that there is no doubt. But they represent excellent value for money, typically preventing damage eight to 10 times as much as the initial investment....