UK: Changing climate demands new approach to flood risk, say MPs

By Robert McSweeney

A new report by MPs says the government could be doing a lot better at managing flooding, as well as telling people how much risk they are exposed to as the climate changes.

The report comes from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee, a cross-party parliamentary group that scrutinises the work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its related organisations.

In January, Efra launched an inquiry into the winter 2015-16 floods in England.

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