Bude receives nearly £2m in National Lottery funding to prepare for sea level rises.
A coastal town in Cornwall has been awarded nearly £2m in funding to help it prepare for climate change.The county is likely to see some of the UK's highest future sea level increases,The funding aims to build resilience - particularly in the tourism sector - against climate change and make Bude a "sustainable tourist destination".
"In effect, we're the UK's Maldives: idyllic and beautiful but facing an existential and imminent threat to our way of life due to sea-level rise," programme director Robert Uhlig said. "We've already seen the effects of climate change in Bude's record temperatures for the South West last summer andImage source,
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