Blog: Rising seas could leave towns abandoned
Blog: Rising seas could leave towns abandoned
Recently, Sir James Bevan gave a speech saying the growing threat of rising seas and rivers means we will not be able to defend homes with walls of concrete (Sir James wants to move away from ācarbon-intensive materialā like steel and concrete).Ā Instead we should give up and let them be swallowed by the encroaching waters.
He said some coastal communities will have to be moved away from danger caused by the āinevitable impacts of a rising sea levelā.
āIn the long term, climate change means that some of our communitiesā¦ cannot stay where they areā he said.Ā On adapting to rising sea levels, he continued, āWhile we can come back safely and build back better after most river flooding, there is no coming back for land that coastal erosion has taken away.ā
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