A “game changer” climate map has been drawn up by the National Trust, showing the threat extreme heat, humidity and landslides will have on its most precious British properties and landscapes. The map is based on a “worst-case scenario” of a failure to drive down carbon emissions over the coming decades, but is intended to be a flagging tool to highlight potential hazards surrounding a heritage or countryside site. It has been drawn up to help the charity intervene to protect its sites, outlining the effect posed by climate impacts including rising heat and humidity, landslides, high winds, and floods, and how they could change by 2060. The map reveals that, without action on emissions, the number of National Trust sites in areas at the highest threat level from climate impacts could more than treble from 3,371 (5%) to 11,462 (17%) over the next 40 years. And the number of sites at high or medium risk of climate-related hazards could increase from 20,457 (30% of sites) to 47,888 (71% of sites) by 2060. Advertisement The map shows high heat and humidity will hit the southeast of England, with a third of National Trust sites in the region experiencing at least… Read full this story
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