image for illustration: Atwick Sands, East Riding of Yorkshire by Stephen Horncastle CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
New Coastal Adaptation Pilots to help England’s most at-risk coastal areas prepare for climate change have been announced.
Government writes;
Coastal communities across England are set to benefit from £30 million to battle eroding shores, the Environment Agency has announced.
Under the Environment Agency’s new Coastal Adaptation Pilots, £18 million will be shared between coastal projects across the East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk to continue advanced coastal adaptation work. These areas have been at the forefront of developing innovative approaches to coastal transition and will help fund new long-term adaptation approaches.
This will include selective property purchases or long-term financing solutions in areas where homes face imminent risk from erosion, that could provide a sustainable model for managing coastal transition.
The new pilots build upon the £36 million Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme, which continues to support coastal authorities to trial new methods for managing erosion. This has helped residents and businesses move away from high-risk areas while sharing insights with other vulnerable communities….
