Titled Risky Cities: Living with Water in an Uncertain Future Climate, the main aim of the initiative is to encourage residents to take action to better protect their homes from flooding. The terrible consequences of flooding have been well-documented in Hull in recent times. In 2007, more than 9,000 homes and businesses were affected by floods that devastated the city. More recently in 2013, a...

The fully funded, four-week programme led by the University of Hull-based centre will allow businesses to learn more about sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). They will have the chance to learn more about how they can deliver SuDS solutions, improving development proposals and making a vital contribution to managing local flood risk and water quality. The specialist courses are fully funded (so...

A major new study, commissioned by the Living with Water Partnership and led by the University of Hull, found that more than a third of households surveyed had yet to take measures to better protect themselves from future flood events. More than 450 households in three Hull areas affected by the 2007 floods were asked about their experiences and responses to the event, which affected 9,000 homes...

In recent months, the public have turned to protective equipment such as face masks, gloves and gowns – commonly made of plastic – as a way of keeping themselves and their loved ones safe. Environmental experts are now warning that Covid-19 could pose an entirely different threat altogether, setting back the war on single-use plastics. Professor Dan Parsons (left), director at the Energy &...