The Joint Thames Strategy (JTS) programme represents a landmark collaborative effort to secure the long-term climate resilience of the Thames from "Surrey to the Sea." The ultimate success of this complex, multi-partner initiative is reliant not only on its technical and strategic excellence but on a collective capacity to communicate with a single, unified voice.

The JTS aligns four local Thames Strategies into one cohesive vision, embedding the Environment Agency's TE2100 Riverside Strategy approach. By working collaboratively, the Thames Strategy Partnership empowers local communities and authorities to integrate enhanced flood resilience with wider benefits—creating a more vibrant, accessible, and economically robust Thames for future generations.

The Joint Thames Strategy: A Unified Voice for a Resilient Thames

Graphic of the whole of the Thames Estuary. Each individual strategy is demarcated with a flag and with the names of each of the strategies across the river.

Image of a part of the river on the Thames Landscape Strategy

Image of a part of the river on the Thames Strategy East

Image of a part of the river on the Thames Strategy London Central

Engage

The partnership fosters collaboration and participation between local authorities, landowners, agencies, and communities to address the changing environment of the Thames. The Joint Thames Strategy will propose vision for a resilient Thames in response to a changing climate and increasing flood risk.

Empower

By updating the Thames Strategies, the partnership empowers local stakeholders to contribute to the future of the river and estuary. It encourages multi benefit thinking at scale while retaining the unique character of different Thames reaches.

Enhance

The strategies seek to enhance the Thames by integrating flood defence upgrades with riverside improvements that will have multiple benefits. It aims to promote green, accessible, vibrant public spaces, attracting investment, while ensuring protection from increasing flood risk.

Have your say about the river!

Announcing the Joint Thames Strategy Commonplace Platform

We’re excited to announce that we will be launching a new Commonplace site soon — a space for our community to share their thoughts, experiences and ideas about the river.

Whether you live nearby, visit regularly, work along the river or simply have a connection to it, we want to hear from you. Your experiences and perspectives will help us understand what the river means to the community, what you value about it, and what you’d like to see for its future.

Watch this space for updates and details on how you can get involved.

In the meantime, if you’d like to find out more about the Joint Thames Strategy and our work, take a look around our website and explore what this project is all about!

We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!