JBA Consulting over the next thirty years . The NIC needed to investigate the economic and fiscal feasibility of national standards for flood risk management that all communities could expect to receive . It needed to explore the trade-offs between standards of protection and percentage of gross domestic product in more detail than existing tools could . “ The analytical tools we developed involved identifying the range of adaptation activities and likely cost requirements for achieving different standards of protection across the country . The model informed the drought and flooding chapter of the National Infrastructure Assessment , specifically providing the scale of costs that would be required to meet different standards of protection . The NIA ’ s recommendations for reducing the risk from flooding , taking account of the findings from the model and tools we delivered , went on to inform Defra ’ s Policy Statement on Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management and the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England ,” shares Marc .
Through such projects , each of which is at the cutting edge of JBA ’ s collective efforts to increase society ’ s resilience to climate change , the team brings expertise , application and original thinking . “ This draws upon our knowledge in catchment management , flood impact analyses and mapping , and climate services standards , alongside proficiency in statistical analysis , software development , and climate data needs and assessment . Together , we lead in flood and coastal erosion and climate resilient services relevant to the needs of a rapidly changing water environment ,” he says . more than one per cent chance of flooding in any given year , and there is a one in four chance of a severe drought before 2050 . The demands on our water and wastewater systems are increasing as the population grows . To avoid the risk of severe drought , analysis by NIC suggests that additional water supply and demand reduction totalling 4000 million litres per day needs to be delivered by 2050 . “ This is an important moment for our sector . The drive for resilience is critical , but it is also exciting and presents opportunity . JBA is and will continue to be an independent , employee-owned business , with exceptional people doing exceptional things . Nobody is better placed than JBA to lead in the pursuit of flood , water and environmental resilience ,” Marc concludes . ■
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Regardless of the work JBA has already completed , this multi-award-winning business is not done yet . With extreme weather events such as floods and drought more likely in future years , society needs to be prepared . Currently , one million homes in the UK have ccemagazine . com 47