Projects
Understanding how water moves, behaves and influences communities and industries across the globe.
Water is becoming scarcer in many places and increasingly volatile in others. Building sustainable communities, industries and infrastructure is becoming more challenging. Our wide range of projects highlights our innovation, our creativity, and our focus on finding solutions that rise to that challenge and positively impact our clients and the communities they serve.
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Insuring the benefits of nature-based solutions in the Caribbean
Coral reefs and mangroves help to protect communities in the Caribbean from coastal flooding. Insurance could help to manage the risks to these natural assets, but this requires an accurate economic quantification of their benefits. Our work with the World Bank explored the impact of nature-based
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Early warning system helps Peru build back better
The coastal El Niño of 2017 caused devastating damage from flooding, mudslides and landslides across Northern Peru. In 2020, a government-to-government agreement between Peru and the United Kingdom was put in place to ensure that the reconstruction created lasting resilience to local communities.
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Building a flood forecasting and warning system for Malaysia
Large areas of Malaysia repeatedly suffer from prolonged and significant floods, causing widespread disruption to communities, businesses and infrastructure. And with climate change and urbanisation expected to lead to bigger and more frequent floods worldwide, early-warning systems are set to
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DAMSAT
Minimising the risk of dams failures using remote sensing data.
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Flood risk management strategies for Moldova
As part of the Moldova Flood Protection Project, we mapped hazards and developed strategies to help reduce and manage flood risk in Moldova.
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Developing National SuDS Standards
The Floods and Water Management Act (2010) requires the development of standards and guidance to support the mandatory consideration of SuDs (sustainable drainage systems) for all developments with drainage implications. We provided the lead technical input for the development of National SuDS
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CCRA, the UK's first climate change assessment
HR Wallingford led pioneering work for the UK Government to assess climate change related risks up to the year 2100. The Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA), for the first time, presents a comparison of a wide range of climate change risks based on their economic, social and environmental
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