The Environment and Climate Minister, speaking from COP preliminary meetings, says he'll do his best to mitigate damage
Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has defended a new Government policy of "managed retreat" to move people out of homes that could be lost to coastal erosion.
But meanwhile at home, a new report has predicted the shocking levels of erosion we could have in the coming years and decades, with projections that thousands of people could lose homes and properties.The Government’s latest National Coastal Change Management Strategy report states that it is "inevitable" that the managed retreat will have to be adopted in many cases.
And Ciaran has followed hot on the heels of Storm Babet which wreaked havoc in Midleton and other areas in Cork, leaving a bill of damage running as high as €100million. Mr Ryan was asked for a response as head of the Green party that is proudly driving a Green agenda in the coalition on RTE’s Today with Claire Byrne show."And if we manage it, I believe we can avoid that, but perhaps not in every single case, I believe there will be some houses that are exposed, but it’s reducing that number is our first goal.
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