In 2005 the National Trust published research into the long-term future of the coastline in our care, and the impact that climate change (through sea level rise, coastal flooding and increased erosion) was predicted to have on this coast over the next century. In the south west it showed that 279 kilometres of National Trust coastline could be affected by erosion, along with 852 hectares of Trust coastal sites becoming at risk of tidal flooding.
Since then our research has continued, using DEFRA and Environment Agency data and our own local knowledge to add much greater detail, identifying which coastal sites and features are most at risk within the next 20 years. Highlights from this work are contained in this document.
Embargoed until 0.01am on Monday 13 October.
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