Category: Flooding

  • Learning from Fairbourne and Barmouth

    Learning from Fairbourne and Barmouth

    NICW undertakes several study tours a year to understand more about local infrastructure issues. This blog post describes our visit to Fairbourne and Abermaw in March 2025 Several times a year the Commission visits different parts of Wales to understand local issues of infrastructure that can help inform our views and bring more lived experience…

  • Every time it rains…. How do we build resilience to flooding in Wales by 2050?

    Every time it rains…. How do we build resilience to flooding in Wales by 2050?

    This is a personal blog post written by Dr Eurgain Powell, one of the two lead Commissioners for the NICW flooding project. “Working collectively, alongside nature: a unifying vision and clear pathway helps create a vibrant partnership of society working together with nature to build resilience and adapt to the impacts of climate change.”NICW vision…

  • Progress on flooding

    Progress on flooding

    NICW has written to Welsh Government to provide an update on our activity on flooding. Julie James MSMinister for Climate ChangeWelsh Government 9 June 2023 Dear Minister We are writing to you to update on the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales’ work on flooding and, in particular, the Co-operation Agreement commitment which asks us to…