Benefits/Issues raised-need for adequate warning, preparation and plans to deal with the impacts The sense of community developed in Tewkesbury during the flood has continued to some extent Signed up 73000 more people have signed up to the Environment Agency’s free flood warning system There are now 34,000 new flood defences protecting 30,000 homes There were plans to spend another billion to protect 145,000 homes over the next few years CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE UK Economic Major towns and cities in the UK will be flooded due to sea level rise. Example…(Liverpool, Edinburgh, Middlesborough, Kingston Upon Hull, London, Bristol, Preston, Carlisle, Great Yarmouth) Scottish ski resorts could be threatened with closure as snow becomes less common Low-lying Norfolk Broads, worth £5 million as a tourist destination, may become flooded. Sea levels could rise by 26-86cm by 2080 in the south-east, threatening low lying coastal cities such as London. Recently induced crops such as vines (grapes) and olives may prosper in southern England New crops such as oranges and peaches may be able to be grown in Southern Britain Intensive agriculture will be able to spread further north in Scotland Increased length of growing season promotes farming and increases food supply Accidents and disruption to transport will be less likely to occur in the winter, with less snow and ice on the roads Social Warm climate diseases such as Malaria may spread to the UK Heat-induced deaths may increase, particularly among the elderly Winter heating costs will go down People will holiday more in the UK, reducing the costs of family holidays. Environmental Artic plants in Scotland may face extinction Coastal erosion on soft-rock coastlines, such as north Norfolk will increase. Broadleaved trees could suffer in drought conditions, especially in Wales Increased demand for water in hotter summers will put added pressure on water supplies Coastal habitats such as salt marshes will become squeezed between the sea and coastal defences as sea levels rise
Benefits/Issues raised-need for adequate warning, preparation and plans to deal with the impacts The sense of community developed in Tewkesbury during the flood has continued to some extent Signed up 73000 more people have signed up to the Environment Agency’s free flood warning system There are now 34,000 new flood defences protecting 30,000 homes There were plans to spend another billion to protect 145,000 homes over the next few years CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE UK Economic Major towns and cities in the UK will be flooded due to sea level rise. Example…(Liverpool, Edinburgh, Middlesborough, Kingston Upon Hull, London, Bristol, Preston, Carlisle, Great Yarmouth) Scottish ski resorts could be threatened with closure as snow becomes less common Low-lying Norfolk Broads, worth £5 million as a tourist destination, may become flooded. Sea levels could rise by 26-86cm by 2080 in the south-east, threatening low lying coastal cities such as London. Recently induced crops such as vines (grapes) and olives may prosper in southern England New crops such as oranges and peaches may be able to be grown in Southern Britain Intensive agriculture will be able to spread further north in Scotland Increased length of growing season promotes farming and increases food supply Accidents and disruption to transport will be less likely to occur in the winter, with less snow and ice on the roads Social Warm climate diseases such as Malaria may spread to the UK Heat-induced deaths may increase, particularly among the elderly Winter heating costs will go down People will holiday more in the UK, reducing the costs of family holidays. Environmental Artic plants in Scotland may face extinction Coastal erosion on soft-rock coastlines, such as north Norfolk will increase. Broadleaved trees could suffer in drought conditions, especially in Wales Increased demand for water in hotter summers will put added pressure on water supplies Coastal habitats such as salt marshes will become squeezed between the sea and coastal defences as sea levels rise
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