From source to sea: How natural flood management can combat the climate and nature crisis

clock • 5 min read

Natural flood management projects are exactly the kind of bold, collaborative and innovative thinking the nature and climate crisis requires, writes Dr Rob Stoneman from The Wildlife Trusts

Long before "build back beaver" was a glimmer in Boris Johnson's eye, I was involved in the first urban effort to manage surface water running through a housing estate in Sheffield, keeping it above, and...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Biodiversity

Nature loss could put 140 million jobs at risk across Europe, study warns

Nature loss could put 140 million jobs at risk across Europe, study warns

Global Canopy highlights how industries that employ millions of people will face major threats if nature loss continues

BusinessGreen staff
clock 27 October 2026 • 2 min read
COP17: Nature financing pledges swell to $1.8bn at Yerevan Biodiversity Summit

COP17: Nature financing pledges swell to $1.8bn at Yerevan Biodiversity Summit

Fresh financing for nature restoration announced alongside new drive to reform nature-harming subsidies, as crunch final week of UN biodiversity talks get underway in Armenia

Michael Holder
clock 26 October 2026 • 7 min read
COP17: Baton passes to Ministers following week of slow progress at biodiversity talks

COP17: Baton passes to Ministers following week of slow progress at biodiversity talks

As first week of UN biodiversity talks close in Armenia deep divisions continue to hamper progress on key issues such as harmful subsidies, nature finance, and genomic data sharing

Michael Holder
clock 23 October 2026 • 7 min read