Future of Floods | Role of engineers in tackling flood risk The Environment Agency’s new flood strategy makes the case for a nation more resilient to the impact of climate change. The change in language is stark when it comes to flood strategy. Nine years ago, when the Environment Agency last published an overarching flood strategy for England, it was somewhat tentative in describing the way global warming could affect the natural and built environment. Changing climate “The climate is changing and this is likely to have an impact on flooding and coastal erosion,” ventured the Environment Agency in 2011. Fast forward to 2020 and the tone is very different.