evidence: The CCC identified 520,000 properties in England alone, including 370,000 homes, in areas at future risk of damage from coastal flooding. Looking at the worst-case scenario – which excludes the likelihood of building more sea defences or other mitigating measures – the BGS data suggests that some one million properties are at potential risk from inundation by 2050, increasing to 1.25 million by the 2080s and 1.35 million by 2100. As for national infrastructure, the BGS calculates that 1,600 kilometres of major roads, 650 kilometres of railway line, 92 railway stations and 55 historic landfill sites are at risk of coastal flooding or erosion by 2100. In an observation that seems almost superfluous, the CCC report, Managing the Coast in a Changing Climate, adds that, in the future, ‘some coastal communities and infrastructure are likely to be unviable in their current form’. Pertinently, the CCC report notes that ‘this problem is not being confronted with the required urgency or openness’ and that the public, by and large, is unaware of these risks. [...] Erosion statistics 1 Million properties are at potential risk from inundation by 2050, while… 1,600km of major roads… 650km of railway line… 92 railway stations, and… 55 historic landfill sites …are at risk of coastal flooding or erosion by 2100