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The latest MCCIP rolling evidence update on climate change effects on coastal flooding has just been published.
This update has been led by Dr Ivan Haigh from the University of Southampton and highlights how losses from major events that exceed design standards are growing. It also presents preliminary results suggesting that the risk of compound flooding (from land and sea sources) is significantly underestimated now and into the future.
See below all key issues covered by this update, and the link to the full report.
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COASTAL FLOODING
Key issues:
- Extreme sea levels
- Increasing risk and exposure
- Compound flooding risk
- Natural and built defences
- Social and economic costs
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 Storm waves, 2014. Plymouth Coastal Observatory Copyright.
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MCCIP Secretariat
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT, UK
MCCIP is the primary independent source of marine and coastal climate change evidence and advice in the UK
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