IHBC@COP26 features ‘Heritage from the #IHBCAberdeen2022 doorstep’: ‘… twin threats of flooding and drought’

The BBC has posted the story of Lorraine Watson’s chip shop – Carron fish bar in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire – which  has been badly flooded five times in 10 years, and asks ‘Is climate change a factor in Aberdeenshire’s repeated, devastating floods?’.

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… Stonehaven….faces not just one type of flooding but three, all potentially linked to climate change….

The BBC writes:

The Carron fish bar in Stonehaven takes its name from the river which flows beside – and all too often through – its basement.

The last time that happened was in the early hours of 12 August 2020….

On the same summer’s day, a train hit a landslide at Carmont just outside the town, killing the driver, a conductor and a passenger.

Is climate change a factor in Aberdeenshire’s repeated, devastating floods?

‘One hundred per cent’ declares Ms Watson, adding: ‘We must take action…

In fact Stonehaven, nestled beside a natural harbour on the North Sea, some 15 miles (24km) south of Europe’s carbon capital, Aberdeen, faces not just one type of flooding but three, all potentially linked to climate change….

…  the River Carron…. street flooding when downpours overwhelm the drains… concerns about high tides, storm surges and the longer-term risk of rising sea levels…

In the latest landmark UN report on the climate, water is mentioned more than 3,000 times.

For Lorraine Watson in the Stonehaven chip shop, that is understandable.

‘Climate change for us is immense,’ she says. ‘It isn’t going away.’

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