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<p>The Government’s long-term flood and coastal erosion risk management <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-policy-statement"
target="_blank">Policy Statement</a>, published in 2020, sets out our ambition to
create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk.</p><p> </p><p>The
Policy Statement recognises that climate change will lead to sea level rise and more
extreme rainfall, with an increase in the number of people at risk from flooding and
coastal erosion.</p><p> </p><p>It includes five ambitious policies and a number of
actions which will accelerate progress to better protect and better prepare the country
against these risks.</p><p>For example, the government announced in March 2020 a record
£5.2 billion investment over 6 years in flood and coastal erosion schemes to better
protect communities across England.</p><p> </p><p>The government published the <a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172931/The_Third_National_Adaptation_Programme.pdf"
target="_blank">National Adaptation Programme 3 (NAP3)</a> in July 2023. The NAP sets
the actions that government and others will take to adapt to the impacts of climate
change in the UK between 2023 to 2028. This forms part of the 5-yearly cycle of requirements
laid down in the Climate Change Act 2008.</p>
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