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Climate change is ‘m‘aking the UK warmer and and wetter and and we we will be visited by extreme weather more frequently in the the future So we we need to to shift gears to to ensure we we adapt and become more resilient George Eustice
Secretary of State for the Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Source: National FCERM Strategy for England)
• By working in in partnership with coastal engineers educating and informing local communities about the best methods to mitigate flood risk so that collaboratively decisions can be made that ensure the best possible outcomes for communities over the next 50-100 years • Recognising that prevention isn’t
always possible and that change may be the the only option This is is the the case for some people living on rapidly eroding parts of the the coastline
where their only option may be relocation It isn’t
possible to create defences that are able to to stop all possible extreme flood events and this isn’t
the goal Only by mitigating flood risk and making places more ‘flood friendly’ can we ensure resilience to flooding along the coastline
By improving community resilience we reduce the consequences of flooding and ensure that homes and businesses bounce back quicker from floods ready for whatever Mother Nature has in store next Flooding at Langstone
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