Fairbourne: the village that could be lost to the sea

[Mark]

Fairbourne: the village that could be lost to the sea:
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/fair ... te-change/

‘This is a wake-up call’: the villagers who could be Britain’s first climate refugees:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... e-refugees

The entire Welsh village of Fairbourne is set to be abandoned due to Climate Change, making the ~700 residents our first UK climate refugees...

With rising sea levels and increased ferocity of storms, the residents have been given notice that the council expect the entire village will need to be abandoned by 2054 as it is not feasible to build and maintain sea defences sufficient to protect the ~450 houses. Unsurprisingly, the announcement made the properties virtually uninsurable, sales values have plummeted by more than 50% and people are unable to get mortgages on houses there.

The council is working with local people on mapping out options for the relocation, but this is the first UK-based example of the ways that climate change is going to affect numerous coastal communities in the coming years.

[kenneal - lagger]

There are villages along the east coast which have been disappearing into the North Sea for years now. The rate of erosion has increased markedly in recent years which is due to sea level rise and increasing storm ferocity due to climate change.

This might be the first village in Wales but it by no means the first in the UK.

[Mark]

Yes, there have already been quite a few that have toppled off cliffs....
DEFRA and the EA estimate that up to 2,000 homes in England could be lost to coastal erosion in the next decade:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... 510366.pdf

However, Fairbourne is the planned abandonment of a village to let it return to salt marsh...
Think that's the difference ?