The UK鈥檚 First Climate Change Refugees?
Fairbourne is the first community set to be decommissioned due to rising sea levels.
Are these the UK鈥檚 first climate change refugees?
The residents of Fairbourne, a village in Gwynedd, have been labelled as such after the government announced they would have to leave their homes.
They鈥檝e been told the area - 450 houses, a pub, post office and several shops - will be decommissioned by 2054 because of the threat of sea-level rise and coastal flooding linked to climate change.
It鈥檚 been seven years, and house prices in the area have plummeted. Residents don鈥檛 know when or where they will have to move, who will pay, and they haven鈥檛 been offered any compensation.
Gwynedd Council says: 鈥淚n the long term, maintaining and increasing flood defences would not only be costly but would also lead to increased risk to life should the defences fail.鈥�
