Press Release More homes at risk of flooding throughout West Yorkshire will become more resilient thanks to a successful Local Levy bid for £187,000. Partners from five local authorities and the Environment Agency joined forces as part of the West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WY FLIP) to secure the funds for their project focused on … Read more
Welcome to the winter edition of our quarterly news bulletin. In this issue we have news of our work with our partners to tackle resilience to flooding due to climate change, currently flood alerts and warnings are being issued across Yorkshire. It is good news that the Government recently announced that sustainable drainage systems will be mandatory to new developments to help … Read more
Two new climate change resilience officers – Juliet de Little and Julie Mair – have joined the iCASP team to undertake a crucial task for the University of Leeds. Their role for the next six months is to conduct a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Resilience Review to identify the climate risks posed to the … Read more
Urgently needed report could be pivotal in preventing greenwashing in farm soil carbon projects Environment Agency funded consortium lays out minimum requirements for UK soil carbon projects Requirements should unlock investment for farmers and support a scalable, high-integrity market for farm soil carbon The prospect of a scalable, high-integrity market for farm soil carbon took an important … Read more
It was a perfect day on Thursday 17 November to be discussing how new surface water flood forecasts could help support resilient decision making. The heavy rain was a timely reminder of the challenges surface water flooding brings and we had a fantastic turnout at the University of Leeds for our joint workshop with the … Read more
Most UK rivers fail to meet good ecological status Scientists will: create new tools for monitoring freshwater pollution; study how river ecosystems are impacted by effluent, microplastics, chemicals and land management practices; support the development of new strategies to improve river water quality in the UK that will take account of climate change £8.4 million … Read more
Tangible results are starting to be achieved by the West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WY FLIP) just a year after it was first launched. Partners have joined together to bid for extra funds for their region to make it more resilient to flooding and climate change. An example to illustrate how their collaborative ways of … Read more
The search is on for a creative artist to capture the journey of restoring peatlands at a site covering large areas in the north of England. This is part of WaterLANDS – an ambitious project which aims restore wetlands damaged by human activity – and is recruiting artists for six Action Sites throughout Europe. Artists … Read more
We are supporting National Flood Action Week, 7 – 11 November. On Friday we are running a free session about communicating flood risk during an incident for flood wardens, communicating groups or anyone who has a role in flood risk management to help increase resilience in our region. It is part of a week of … Read more
Welcome to the autumn edition of our quarterly news bulletin as plans are underway for COP27 in Egypt later this month. If you have any suggestions for future content or comments please get in touch by emailing: icasp@leeds.ac.uk If you didn’t receive a copy you can access it online; you can also sign up here to have future versions sent straight to … Read more
