Emma Howard Boyd concedes flood defences 'cannot prevent flooding everywhere, all of the time' and calls instead for more resilient infrastructure
Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd has pledged "to build climate resilience into everything we do", as she hit back at reports suggesting the organisation could be forced into scaling down its flood...
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