The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey)

Climate change and population growth mean that the risks from flooding and coastal erosion are increasing. That is why Government are looking to update the flood and coastal erosion policy framework to ensure that we can continue to manage these risks effectively into the future.

The Government policy statement will take into account information from many sources including the UK climate projections 2018 1 and climate change risk assessment 2 ; the first national infrastructure assessment 3 ; and responses to recent consultations such as those on: the Environment Agency’s draft national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England 4 ; “Improving our management of water in the environment” 5 ; local authority funding for flood and coast as part of the review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources 6 ; and the infrastructure finance review consultation 7 .

Managing financial risks from flooding —asking about how organisations manage the financial risks associated with flooding, in the context of climate change.

2 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk- climate-change-risk-assessment-2017

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