Terrifying climate map shows 3,000,000 homes that will be flooded by 2050

Great Yarmouth and Portsmouth will be amoung the worst-affected (Picture: Gamma)

Climate change may render your home unsellable in the next 30 years if Britain does not follow through on its emissions goals.

The world’s leaders, and their climate change action promises, will be centre-stage next week, when they gather for COP26 in Glasgow.

Boris Johnson has already set out his plan for the UK to cut carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 – to help keep global temperature increases to 1.5°C.

But the public is no stranger to governments not reaching their climate change targets.

Indeed, several countries have already been criticised for failing to meet their Paris agreement ambitions, which were set more than five years ago.

Locations intelligence provider Gamma has predicted that one in 10 houses in the country (3,066,318) will be at a new flood risk if Downing Street’s new goals are not achieved.

This map shows a comparison between the flood-risk properties in 2017 and the flood-risk properties in 2050 (Picture: EPA)

If climate change is allowed to continue going as is, heavier rain and rising sea levels will not only endanger people but also make houses unsellable.

For example, a third of all homes and commercial buildings in Great Yarmouth will likely be at risk of flooding in 29 years time.

Similarly, the number of houses in Portsmouth that are already at risk of flooding will quadruple by the same time – meaning one in five homes will be jeopardised.

Even areas nowhere near the sea, such as Kensington and Chelsea, can expect to see 14,000 more properties in flooding danger.

But flooding is not the only way Brits could be affected by climate change – as hotter, drier summers cause soil to dry unevenly, creating cracks in buildings.

A staggering 81% of properties in Swindon could be at risk of subsidence – up from the current 1% of homes.

The Treasury has warned that Downing Street’s green plan will cost the country £1trillion over the next 30 years.

But business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Times Radio: ‘If we look at the green agenda, the transition broadly, we’ll know that the cost of inaction actually could be greater than actually doing things, he said.

‘The economic opportunity, in terms of the transition, is huge and that’s what I’m focused on. ultimately, that’s what’s going to drive huge amounts of prosperity.’

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