Adapt to Climate Change

Check, Prepare, Act to keep you and your loved ones safe from flooding In 2020, Christmas was a total washout for many people, when floods arrived only 2-days days before Christmas day.

As Storm Arwen approaches, the Met Office is warning of a wetter winter into January and February 2022. This will almost certainly lead to flooding of homes and businesses. Angela Terry, environmental scientist and founder of onehome.org said: “Floods can be devastating costing lives and destroying property. They are also tricky to predict. But there are steps which home and business owners and renters can take to limit the impact of rising water. 

Top tips for beating the heat.

Climate change means the UK is wetter than ever before. With severe weather warnings predicted now and for the foreseeable future, here’s how to guard against the increasingly likely risk of floods.

When you’re looking out at heavy rain, it’s difficult to imagine drought as an issue in the UK. So the statistic that there is less fresh water per person in the South East of England than there is per person in Morocco is quite shocking.

The very real cost of floods Flooding events such as those in Winter 2015/16, have challenged all aspects of industry.

Many of us struggle in a heat wave. And as temperatures rise across Europe, knowing how to stay cool in warm weather is increasingly important. 

As record breaking summer weather continues, reduced rainfall and unprecedented demand for water means that water shortages and hose pipe bans are occurring across the UK.

Stop! Floods Is my house at risk of flooding? With one in six homes at risk, yours may well be. Find out if you are and what you can do about it. 

In this article we describe how best to stop your home from flooding and measures to make your home more resilient should it flood in the future.