{"id":30735,"date":"2023-03-07T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T09:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=30735"},"modified":"2023-03-07T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T09:38:19","slug":"uk-flooding-damage-to-rise-by-over-20-if-global-emission-targets-are-not-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-flooding-damage-to-rise-by-over-20-if-global-emission-targets-are-not-met\/30735\/","title":{"rendered":"UK flooding damage to rise by over 20% if global emission targets are not met"},"content":{"rendered":"
The research team has innovated a cutting-edge dataset that employs the latest Met Office climate projections \u2013 which factor in the impacts of climate change \u2013 to determine potential annual damage caused by future UK flooding.<\/p>\n
The results reinforce how critical it is for countries to follow through with the ambitious pledges they made at COP26, as the devastating effects forecasted in the UK study could be experienced globally if effective climate action is not taken immediately.<\/p>\n
Paul Bates, Professor of Hydrology and Chairman of Fathom, commented: “For the first time, this flood model gives us a more accurate and detailed picture of the impact of climate change on the risk of flooding in the future across the UK.<\/p>\n
“The results are a timely warning to the country’s political leaders and business sector that global commitments to reduce carbon emissions significantly must be taken very seriously, and ultimately take effect, in order to mitigate increased losses due to flooding.”<\/p>\n
Previous investigations have demonstrated that historical UK economic losses due to flooding were three times less than the government’s estimates. However, this is the first time that a computer model has replicated and corroborated the observed losses.<\/p>\n