Some of Britain’s seaside towns and villages may have to be abandoned because of rising seas and coastal erosion – but it is too early to say which communities these will be.
That was the warning from the official in charge of Britain’s flood protection today, who acknowledged that relocating people from coastal areas ‘would be controversial’.
Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the Environment Agency, said a conversation had to be started on the issue, ‘not least because we