Summary
The recent severe flooding in parts of the UK has caused serious distress to many people.
These floods occurred as a result of a period of record rainfall in the regions most severely affected.
EU environmental protection policies help prevent and deal with flooding. The EU also leads the world in tackling climate change, which most experts see as a factor in extreme weather events.
The Common Agricultural Policy encourages farmers to take “greening” measures that can contribute to mitigating flooding.