icasp Companies affected by floods are working with a ground-breaking project aimed at protecting their future business interests. The study, led by the University of Leeds, was set up to highlight the true monetary cost of flooding to the business sector and local communities. It aims to establish a framework in which insurers work more closely … Read more
It’s national Invasive Species Week, 24 – 30 May, and iCASP is joining a campaign to raise awareness of why non native species are a problem and how to deal with them to help protect the environment. Invasive species are one of the top threats to global diversity and cost the British economy over £2 … Read more
Baroness Judith Blake will be our guest speaker at the main plenary session of Confluence on Tuesday 8 June, 10am – 12.45pm. The former Leader of City of Leeds Council will be speaking at 10.15am. Read our Special Bulletin about the event. You can book now for the main plenary event.
Don’t miss our exciting annual Confluence to showcase the many outputs from our projects. This year we will be running a series of four virtual events during the week starting with the main plenary on Tuesday 8 June. Our theme is ‘Working together to improve resilience across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Book your place … Read more
Pictured: Dr Paola Sakai A project to promote a better understanding of the impact of flooding on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and help them to become more resilient has been carried out in the Yorkshire and Humber region. The findings of – ‘Bridging the knowledge gap to boost SME resilience’ – are being presented … Read more
Overview In light of the upcoming COP26 hosted by the city of Glasgow this November, the Met Office held a virtual hackathon to explore opportunities for boosting societal resilience to climate change. The two-day event on the 16th and 17th of March was aimed at finding new ways to use data to deal with challenges … Read more
New tools to help communicate about flooding to at risk communities Role play exercises are to be used to help overcome challenges of communicating about flooding to communities at greatest risk. This is one of the tools that will be developed as part of a new project run by the Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme … Read more
Bulletin Spring 2021 Welcome to the Spring edition of our quarterly newsletter. The past months have been a challenging time for many of us during lockdown but we have continued to make progress with many of our projects and would like to update you on developments. We hope you enjoy reading our bulletin, if you have any suggestions for future content … Read more
Last Monday, 15th March, was a great day as our Governance Group approved the ‘Communication Flood Risk Project’. This means we can now get on with designing and delivering tools which will help Risk Management Authorities (RMAs) overcome challenges they face when communicating about flood risk to members of the public. In late 2019, RMAs … Read more
A prestigious award has been won by Dr Janet Richardson, an Impact Translation Fellow with iCASP, for both her achievement in the world of research and power to inspire other women. On International day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) she was amongst those honoured with the Water Woman Award 2021. Dr Janet … Read more
