Including 5 closely related terms such as flooding, flood protection, and flood protection.
… - Alleviation of fuel poverty - Less demand on healthcare services Enhancing biodiversity - through planting trees, wildflowers and preserving areas of peat and mossland to store polluting carbon and reduce the risks of flooding and heatwaves. - Increased biodiversity - Slowing the flow of water to protect against flood risk - Shading and cooling during extreme heat - Cleaner air…
… Environmental Land Management schemes. - Natural flood protection along our coastline through saltmarsh enhancement as well as on our uplands and green spaces within the borough. - Opportunities for increased water storage within our natural habitats to reduce water stress during prolonged droughts. - Potential for renewable energy generation, via solar farms, wind farms, or harnessing the power…
… training to our staff to educate them on the basics of climate change and what they can do in their roles to make a difference. Within the community, we have invested in nature-based solutions to prevent local flooding in St Michael’s on Wyre and Churchtown, and work is well underway on a £40m Wyre Beach Management Scheme to protect thousands of homes from coastal flooding. I am hopeful…
… releasing heat-trapping gases into our atmosphere, forming a thick blanket of pollution around the earth. This is causing our planet to rapidly overheat, impacting our weather systems and causing irreversible damage. The coastal, low-lying nature of our borough means we are at significant risk of flooding from more regular and intense storms, with approximately 11,000 Wyre homes vulnerable…
… to the planet overheating. 10 Impacts of climate change If we don’t stop polluting, many things we depend upon are at risk: - As our atmosphere gets hotter, our usual weather patterns see big differences including; more frequent, intense and unavoidable extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, heavy rainfall and flash flooding. - Our sea levels are rising…