National Trust sites at risk as extreme weather takes its toll
From a Cornish cove threatened by sea level rises to a Norfolk stately home at risk from heavier rains overwhelming gutters, climate change is heaping pressure on the National Trust’s landscapes and properties.
The conservation group believes the burden has become so great that politicians must enact a “climate resilience” law akin to Britain’s net zero goal.
Its warning comes less than a fortnight before world leaders including Rishi Sunak meet in Dubai for the Cop28 climate summit.
Emma Howard-Boyd, former head of the Environment Agency, said in a foreword to a report for the trust that it needed to “be prepared for more visitors in the autumn and spring months and fewer during summer heatwaves”.
The trust faces a broad variety of challenges from
