A River Severn Partnership project led by the Environment Agency (EA) to promote climate resilience is attracting attention of industry experts internationally.
The Severn2100+ Adaptation Pathway Project is the UK’s first attempt to apply adaptation pathway planning to a river system.
It is promoting a new way of responding to climate change, especially the increasing risks of flooding and drought, and how rather than locking into a single solution mapping out a range of possible futures will help decision-makers choose flexible actions that can adapt over time.
A spokesperson for the project said: "Phase 1 of the River Severn Partnership Adaptation Pathways Pilot represents a technically robust and collaborative initiative to support long-term flood and climate resilience across the River Severn catchment.
"It is pleasing that our work has received wide industry recognition with the project team presenting our findings or running sharing workshops at Flood & Coast, Wales Climate Week, the IAHR Congress in Singapore and World Water Week in Stockholm.
"The project team is excited to now be moving onto Phase 2 of the pilot, ‘Pathway to Pipeline’, where we’ll focus further on the Warwickshire Avon and investigate how the Adaptation Pathways approach from Phase 1 will help to generate a programme of tangible adaptation actions with our partners."
This pilot was delivered by the Environment Agency in partnership with Arup, Jacobs, and the River Severn Partnership, and funded through Defra’s £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme.
For more information or to get involved contact the project team at severn2100@environment-agency.gov.uk