Working together to manage flooding and coastal change
Clare Dinnis
What is the Environment Agency’s role?
The Environment Agency shares responsibility for managing flood and coastal risk in England with many partners and organisations all of whom play a really important part. Our role is varied. We build and maintain flood schemes and we help those impacted by flooding directly or by working with those responsible for emergencies. We also warn, inform and respond when flooding occurs. But as well as this we are required to have a ‘strategic overview of all...