Constituency Most Vulnerable To Flooding Is Represented In Parliament By Reform UK Leader Who Opposes Climate Action
The constituency held by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, who campaigns against policies to tackle climate change, has been ranked as the second most at risk from the impacts of global warming. Boston and Skegness is the seat in England that is most exposed to flooding, according to a Climate Risk Index produced by AXA, one of the world’s largest insurance companies.
The new report, released today in partnership with the research consultancy Public First, states that the proportion of homes at risk of flooding in Tice’s constituency is 4,000 times greater than Wirral West, the least vulnerable area in England. When all climate factors are taken into account, including extreme heat and economic vulnerabilities, Boston and Skegness comes second in AXA’s Climate Risk Index, only topped by Lewisham North in London.
It estimates that homes and businesses in the areas that are exposed to the highest flooding risk – including Tice’s seat – face at least £818 million in financial costs from now until 2055. Tice is a vocal climate science denier who has declared that “CO2 isn’t a poison. It’s plant food” and has suggested that climate change is caused by volcanoes.
Tice, who was elected to Parliament in July, recently told Politico that Reform UK will “fight the next election on scrapping net zero” – the UK’s target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. As DeSmog revealed in June, Reform received £2.3 million from fossil fuel interests, polluters and climate deniers between the 2019 general election and the start of the 2024 campaign, amounting to 92 percent of its funding during this period.
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