Including the closely related terms flooding, and flood.
… Climate change impacts on the UK will be more place-specific, meaning that impacts are unique to a particular geographical location or area. Flooding, storms and extreme heat will put added pressure and disruption to critical infrastructure including buildings, transport networks energy, healthcare systems and emergency response services. More frequent, intense rainfall events and rising mean…
… sea levels will mean an increased threat of flooding, 4 Kendon, M., McCarthy, M., Jevrejeva, S., Matthews, A., Sparks, T., Garforth, J., & Kennedy, J. (2022). State of the UK Climate 2021. International Journal of Climatology, 42(Suppl. 1)( S1), 1– 80. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7787 5 UK Climate Projections (UKCP), Met Office. Available…
… of 46.7% since 1990. Despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this was still an increase of 5% from the 2020 figure of 406.3 million tCO2e. In fact, GHG emissions from the transport sector rose by 10.3% in 2021, accounting for over half of the overall increase from 2020 (Figure 5). 7 Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research…