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Gwynedd County Council

… as a council have a responsibility to control the risk of flooding from surface water, ground water and from smaller streams know as common watercourses. In accordance with this responsibility we work together with Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales and other local authorities to develop a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. Its main objective is to try and stop flooding incidents…

…, and to respond effectively if they occur, but its other aim is to positively contribute to biodiversity and create access for residents to green spaces. This strategy will be completed during 2022/23 and therefore we haven’t set targets or projects in this plan at this point in time since it would be premature to do so. A programme for responding to flooding risk will be added…

… in temperature seen world-wide since the 1950s we are experiencing serious effects such as receding glaciers, rising sea levels and changes in the seasons. Extreme weather resulting in drought or flooding are also becoming regular occurrences. One of the main contributors to this rise in temperature is the high levels of carbon released into the atmosphere by human activity. In March 2019 Gwynedd…

… or stopping the process of global warming, and the need to reduce carbon emissions in the future. But what about the effects that global warming is already having on us here in Gwynedd? One of those effects is the increasing danger of coastal flooding as a result of rising sea levels, and the effects of flooding inland as a result of extreme weather or an increase in river levels. Both could…

… lead to ruining consequences for people, homes, nature and agricultural land. The Coast Gwynedd’s coastline is one of its most endearing attractions, but there are far reaching implications to protecting all of its 180 miles. The responsibility to protect the coastline and to respond to coastal flooding lies with Natural Resources Wales and Gwynedd Council. During the autumn of 2020…