Corporate report

Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) monitoring reviews

Thames Estuary 2100 manages the risk of flooding along the estuary by monitoring how the estuary and climate is changing and adapting to these changes.

• From: Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 1 February 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Thames Estuary 2100: 10-year monitoring review (2021)

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Thames Estuary 2100: 5-year review non-technical summary (2016)

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Details

In 2021, we published the key findings from our 10-year monitoring review. This confirmed that:

• the Plan provides benefit to 1.42 million people, 586,000 homes and £321 billion of residential property
• sea level in the estuary has risen over the last century
• sea level rise in the estuary has accelerated over the last few decades
• most tidal flood defences are still in a good condition - but defences are deteriorating faster due to climate change
• we need to improve our understanding of how we will manage the Thames Barrier and closures of the barrier over time

We will continue to work with partners and community organisations to collect data for monitoring changes.

Published 1 February 2021