It is a case of “adapt or die”, the Agency’s chairwoman Emma Howard Boyd said, warning that deadly events such as the flooding in Germany this summer would hit here if the country did not make itself resilient to the more violent weather the climate emergency was bringing.
The Environment Agency says that adaptation – becoming resilient to the already inevitable effects of climate change – is just as important as actions to cut greenhouse gases. What does the Environment Agency say about climate change? “The longer we fail to act and the worse it gets and the higher the price when we are forced by catastrophe to act,” he said. Prime minister Boris Johnson warned of the dangers of rising temperatures, jeopardising food supplies for hundreds of millions of people, more wildfires and eventually the loss of whole cities such as Miami, Alexandria and Shanghai. Pointing to melting glaciers, relentless extreme weather events, sea level rise and overheating oceans, he warned: “We are digging our own graves”. In Glasgow, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Cop26 summit the world’s “addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brink”.
Greta Thunberg alongside fellow climate activists during a demonstration at Festival Park, Glasgow, on the first day of the Cop26 summit (Image: PA) The government is funding a series of schemes across Cornwall as part of a new £5.2billion six-year programme of investment in flood and coastal defences announced in July to protect the most at-risk properties, doubling the amount spent in the previous six years. It shows how the sea could inundate low-lying coastal areas, and the vital importance of defences to protect homes and businesses.Īs a peninsula surrounded by sea, Cornwall is particularly at risk from coastal flooding, and an increase in storms from climate change could also speed up erosion.Ĭhanging weather patterns are seeing more rainfall, which increases the flood risk from rivers.
Read more: Paedophiles, woman beaters and others jailed in Cornwallīut the map shows how an expected increase in the sea level of up to 29cm over the next 30 years could see unprotected land underwater from flooding. The projections do not take into coast and river defences, which are designed to hold back the waters to protect homes and businesses. The map produced by Climate Central using the latest sea level predictions shows the land which would be below the annual flood level in 2050. As global leaders discuss tackling climate change at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, a map shows how rising sea levels around Cornwall could change the shape of the coast forever.
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