The Environment Agency has published a mid-programme summary of its ongoing £200m flood and coastal innovation programmes.

The mid-programme headlines are as follows

1. Flood and coastal resilience can unlock significant wider social and environmental benefits for people, places, and wildlife
2. A lack of understanding and evidence hinders the coordination and delivery of groundwater flood risk management
3. Continual monitoring of flood and coastal resilience is vital to measuring performance and evaluating benefits over time
4. Flood and coastal resilience requires strong local leadership and governance, including community and political engagement
5. Third sector organisations are often critical to the effective delivery of flood and coastal resilience projects