Including 5 closely related terms such as flooding, flood protection, and flood protection.
… Essex Climate Action Report 2021-22 Essex Climate Action Annual Report 2021-22 2 Contents Foreword 4 A key year for Climate Action in the UK 5 1. Land Use & Green Infrastructure 6 Essex Forest Partnership 7 Investing in Nature to Reduce Flood Risk & Protect Homes 8 Climate Focus Area…
…, reduce surface water flooding in both urban and rural areas and reduce air pollution for Essex residents. More than 60% of Essex is farmland Agriculture currently generates 11% of UK GHG emissions Funded until 2025, the EFI has a target to plant at least 375,000 trees 7 Investing in Nature to Reduce Flood Risk & Protect Homes Essex County Council (ECC) is the statutory…
… flood authority for Essex. Each year ECC invests in flood protection via its capital flood programme, which utilises nature-based solutions for the vast majority of projects. ECC aims to raise 50 per cent of the funding for these projects from external sources, mainly from Environment Agency grants. Between July 2021 - July 2022, ECC has completed eight schemes, helping to protect 136 residential…
… created additional storage that can be utilised in periods of heavy rainfall. In addition to flood risk reduction, the scheme has introduced bird/ bat boxes and removed dead and over hanging trees to enhance the environmental benefits. Access for students and maintenance has also been improved by the work ECC has completed. 8 Alongside large-scale projects, ECC is supporting installation…
… of sustainable drainage where planting and natural landscaping enable the landscape to absorb water and so reduce flood risk. Park Avenue, Canvey is the first road in Essex to have new “rain gardens” installed to help reduce the risk of local flooding, through the Make Rain Happy project, funded by ECC and Anglian Water. A new Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) project, funded by the Department for Transport…