surface water flood risk Archives - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

How is climate change affecting river and surface water flooding in the UK?

on 22 January, 2021

Climate change is increasing the likelihood of heavy or intense rainfall in many parts of the UK, particularly in the winter months. This... Read more

Strengthening insurance partnerships in the face of climate change – Insights from an agent-based model of flood insurance in the UK

Research article

by Florence Crick, Katie Jenkins and Swenja Surminski

on 26 April, 2018

This paper investigates how partnerships can incentivise flood risk reduction by focusing on the UK public-private partnership on flood insurance. Read more

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs should prioritise UK climate resilience

Commentary

by Bob Ward and Victoria Druce

on 31 July, 2017

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with Michael Gove MP at the helm, must focus on building... Read more

Assessing surface water flood risk and management strategies under future climate change: insights from an agent-based model

Research article

by Swenja Surminski and Florence Crick

on 28 March, 2017

Jenkins, K., Surminski, S., Hall, J. and Crick, F. (2017) Assessing surface water flood risk and management strategies under future... Read more

Assessing surface water flood risk and management strategies under future climate change: an agent-based model approach

Working paper

by Katie Jenkins, Swenja Surminski, Jim Hall and Florence Crick

on 8 February, 2016

Flooding is the costliest natural disaster worldwide. In the UK flooding is listed as a major risk on the National... Read more

Surface water flooding set to increase sharply, putting the success of Flood Re into question

Press release on 8 February, 2016

The Flood Re insurance scheme will fail to reduce flood risk and the number of London households eligible for the... Read more