Day 3 Presentation – Responding to Sea Level Rise – Justin Ridgewell
Justin Ridgewell, Flood & Coastal Risk Management Advisor at the Environment Agency, presents to the Community Jury on adaptation options for Bude’s beaches.
Justin Ridgewell, Flood & Coastal Risk Management Advisor at the Environment Agency, presents to the Community Jury on adaptation options for Bude’s beaches.
Gerd Masselink, Professor in Coastal Geomorphology at the University of Plymouth, highlights adaptation options when it comes to responding to sea level rise.
Tony Gibbs, Chair of Bude’s Town Team and former Bude-Stratton Town Councillor, shares his experiences and how it’s possible to get things done.
Manda Brockman, Climate & Ecological Emergency Lead, Volunteer Cornwall and Director, Permanently Brilliant & Cornwall Action for Sustainable Tourism, addresses the Community Jury.
Martyn Alvey, Portfolio Holder for Climate Change & Environment, Cornwall Council, addresses jury members on how to make change happen.
Jolyon Sharpe from Cornwall Council’s Making Space for Sand project shows jury members how change has been taking place on our beaches for decades
The Environment Agency’s Kris Inch (Flood and Coastal Risk Management Officer for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Environment Agency) talks to jury members about the risk of sea level rise at two of Bude’s great beaches.
Professor Matt Palmer, Univsersity of Bristol and lead IPCC author, joins us to talk about the threat of sea level rise to our shoreline and community.
We welcome Charmian Larke (Managing Director, Atlantic Energy; Author of BCP Community Carbon Audit for Bude Community Network Area), to talk about local emissions.
We welcome Nick Hayden (Programme Manager, Carbon Neutral Cornwall, Cornwall Council) who joins us to talk about local emissions.