Due to climate change and global warming, serious changes are taking place on the planet. Intensive melting of glaciers leads to an increase in sea level. For the population living on the coast, the problem of protecting homes, property and the usual way of life becomes very relevant. The Welsh Fairbourne village in the UK was the first to face the issue of evacuation due to the threat of climate change.
Wales Coastal Village
The village of Fairburn was once built by English settlers. It is unlikely that they thought about the consequences of building dwellings in such a climatically unsuccessful place.
It never occurred to them that once a beautiful British coast would slowly begin to go under water, and people would be forced to leave their native land forever.
Fairburn residents not only become the first climate refugees in the country, but also face strange behavior by the authorities, we do not understand the terrifying situation, the ambiguity of plans for relocation, delaying the solution to the problem.
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Flood protection
Currently, the Welsh village is only a few steps away from the sea. Fairburn is protected by special structures from the rampant sea element, the work is supervised by the Gwynedd Council. A security system costs a lot of money. Over the past four years, Natural Resources Wales has spent more than £ 6 million on it. But, as you know, the sea level continues to rise: since the ice age it has risen one hundred meters, in the next century it will rise by another two. For this reason, in 2013, the Gwynedd Council issued a verdict that it could not protect Fairburn from the dangers of nature in the long run. According to Wales Online, the competent commission is considering the possibility of a complete cessation of funding.
It is not difficult to understand at the same time that the system of strengthening the coastline in the west of Wales, which has existed since 2009, is deteriorating, raising serious concerns about the future stability of Fairburn against the onslaught of the ocean.
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Resettlement Issues
The relocation of people from Fairburn is hindered by certain uncertainties. There is no clear agreed plan of action on the part of the authorities, a specifically developed program.
Here are the factors that make important decisions difficult:
- changing of the climate;
- rate of climate change (how quickly glaciers melt);
- disagreements between authorities and residents regarding the appropriateness of relocation;
- compensation payments to refugees;
- resettlement arrangements;
- resettlement financing.
One thing is clear that there is nowhere else to wait for money, and after 35 years, 4 hundreds of houses and 850 living in them will be completely defenseless.
