Sustainable Adaptation Measures for Climate Change and Flood Risk

Climate change adaptation is about dealing sustainably with the consequences of a changing climate, adapting to those impacts and reducing exposure to the risk of damage. It is also about developing the capacity to cope with unavoidable damage and taking advantage of any new opportunities that arise. Sustainable adaptation with regard to flood risk will include a combination of a number of the following measures : - a. Updating climate change flood maps to inform future development proposals. b. Strengthening planning policy so as to minimise development in flood prone areas c. Improving the resilience of existing flood defence/drainage infrastructure d. Upgrading of storm and drainage culverts and managing exceedance