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<p>On 26 November, we published with the Met Office, a new set of UK Climate Projections
2018. This is the first major update to the UK’s national climate change projections
for nearly 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>Coastal change through erosion or flooding of land
has always been a risk for those living and working by the sea. These projections
show we can continue to expect increases to extreme coastal water levels, driven mainly
by increases in mean sea level rise, although we cannot rule out additional changes
in storm surges.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing over £1.2 billion of Government
funding as part of our current programme to better protect 170,000 properties from
coastal flooding and erosion in the 6 years up to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering
future needs for investment in flood and coastal erosion risk management, ahead of
a review of flood and coastal erosion funding beyond 2021. The updated climate projections
will be taken into consideration as part of this work.</p>
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