When the Welsh Government declared a climate change emergency back in May, the announcement held particular significance for one Meirionnydd community.

The town of Fairbourne, with around 500 households, is sandwiched between Snowdonia’s peaks and Cardigan Bay, attracting holidaymakers and new residents to the coast for decades.

As climate change awareness grows, residents, business owners and holidaymakers are now being confronted by an uncertain future.

Coastal erosion, while not a new phenomenon, is a threat to low-lying coastal communities across the UK.

As extremes of weather become more prevalent, the impact of global temperature rises on the ice caps mean that coastal areas are under greater threat of flooding, and in worst case scenarios being lost to the sea, if the rate of warming isn’t curtailed.

Although it is widely expected that the current flood defences at Fairbourne will protect the town and its people for the next 40 years, the impact is already being felt with growing uncertainty in the community.

It was against this background that Eluned Morgan AM and Labour’s newly selected parliamentary candidate for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Graham Hogg, met up with residents, business owners and community representatives to hear more about what life is like in Fairbourne under the threat of climate change.

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