A man who claims to have been made a 'climate refugee' after his home was demolished because it risked falling into the sea is suing the government.
Kevin Jordan, 70, said he had 'lost everything' after sea erosion saw his home in Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk demolished by the local council.
His case will be heard by the High Court this summer, along with that of fellow Briton Doug Paulley, who says that Britain's hotter summer climate has worsened his health conditions and put him in distress.The government under Rishi Sunak is not Canute, I think you might have misread some grafitti there....
Mr Jordan and Mr Paulley are backed by Friends of the Earth, who say that the government's current provision for people adversely affected by climate change, for example from floods and extreme heat, known as the National Adaptation Programme (NAP) is insufficient. A self-professed 'climate warrior', Mr Jordan told the Telegraph that taking on the government was the 'natural thing to do'.
Fine, but don't do it with taxpayer money.
"The government under Rishi Sunak is not Canute, I think you might have misread some grafitti there...."
ReplyDeleteBest one-liner I've read on a blog in a long while :-)
Strange how the climate activists used to assert that periods of pleasant weather did not signify that climate change wasn't happening... but now periods of bad weather absolutely confirm that climate change is happening.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it is time to point out that nobody can control the climate or the weather, it ebbs and flows and changes all by itself completely oblivious to the rantings of the climate loons. As for hotter summers, well I would quite like them to happen more often than every forty years or so.
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Mr Jordan seems, basically, to be upset that the local council won’t re-house him exactly where he wants to be re-housed. I’m not quite sure how that leads to suing the government over climate change, as the climate change that ultimately lead to the loss of his home happened when the last ice age ended and the ice retreated, resulting in isostatic rebound. Perhaps he would like the ice back? Loss of communities on the East coast long predate industrialisation (the usual blame figure for climate change), the city and international port of Dunwich succumbed 700 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThe climate is changing, the climate has always changed and it always will. I am in favour of adaption to climate change rather than naively pretending it can be halted. Adaption may mean moving. But panicky emotive phrases like “climate catastrophe” and “climate refugee” do not really gain much support. We've heard it all before.
It looks as if another idiot bought one of the holiday houses built on the sand dunes which move when the wind blows. I remember as a boy going down to the beach and seeing several of those houses with one end hanging in the air, there was even one that had slid down the dune.
ReplyDeleteMoral of the story - don't build ,or buy, a house built on sand.
"Best one-liner I've read on a blog in a long while :-)"
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"Strange how the climate activists used to assert that periods of pleasant weather did not signify that climate change wasn't happening..."
The 'Heads I win, tails you lose' gambit.
"Maybe it is time to point out that nobody can control the climate or the weather.."
This is what always annoys me about the 'climate denier' tag. No=one seriously belives the climate isn't changing, just that we aren't the main cause of that.
"Perhaps he would like the ice back? "
Heh!
"It looks as if another idiot bought one of the holiday houses built on the sand dunes which move when the wind blows. "
He obviously wanted a sea view, but not quite so much of one...