The 26th United Nations Climate Conference is about to be held in Glasgow. Fairbourne, 400 kilometers away from the summit site, faces a crisis of inundation due to rising sea levels. It faces a derelict village in 2504 with 1,250 people. Will be forced to relocate from their homes and are the first batch of “climate refugees” in the UK. The reporter actually visited the local area and listened to the helpless voices of climate refugees.
Fairburn, located on the west coast of Wales, at the mouth of the Modak River, is surrounded by mountains and the sea. From England, you need to transfer trains and passengers to arrive. There is only a coastal dike between the small village and the sea. Outside the dike are vast salt marshes and the rough Irish Sea, and inside the dike are low-rise bungalows and businesses.
Mei Li, a local resident, recalled that five years ago, there was a major flood. “The storm caused seawater to pour into the embankment, and the first row of houses adjacent to the coast was completely flooded.”
If sea level rise continues to worsen or storms cause huge waves to break through the dikes, all residential houses, churches, and roads will be demolished and the village will be “returned” to the sea.
The Gwynedd County Council, to which the village belongs, made a resolution to activate the “abandoned village” in 1945, which immediately impacted the lives of residents. Local housing prices have fallen by 20 to 50%, but they still cannot be sold. Where to live after the abandonment of the village is still a problem.
The twenty-year-old Charlotte, who was born and raised and works here, is worried that the house will not be sold in the future. “No one will buy it, no one wants to take root here: if someone really wants to buy it, the bank will not provide a mortgage, because the village It’s going to be submerged.”
Duffy, a 60-year-old resident who grew up in Fairburn, said that summer is ending later and “birds’ migration habits have changed,” and the weather has become predictable. He lamented that climate change is taking place and winter is becoming warmer. “When I was a child, when it snowed in winter, there was thick snow on the road.” Now in winter, there are only a few snowflakes, and there is no more snow on the road. Dave, the local postman, said that if Fairburn would be affected by rising sea levels, many communities would also.
As Dave said, other coastal towns are also at risk. According to statistics from the British Meteorological Service, the seas surrounding the UK have risen by 15.4 centimeters since 1990, and it is estimated that it will rise by 112 centimeters in 2010. Many villages on the east and south coasts of England and western Wales may become the next batch of climate refugees.
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