The issues

A low-carbon development, Elmswell, Suffolk. Photo: © RHM Architects / Nick Kane

Climate change: a threat to the countryside
Some of the tell-tale signs of climate change are wetter winters, more storms, high winds and shifting seasons. These changes are already affecting farming and rural communities in England. As sea levels rise, very dramatic changes are likely which will affect the extent of our land area, especially in the East of England, with the loss of fens, beaches and entire villages.

Our high-carbon economy, based on roads and airport expansion, and energy-wasting new buildings, needs to make way for the kind of low-carbon, carefully planned development which we have long championed.

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