Man who lost home to coastal erosion loses court case against UK government

Coastal erosion in Hemsby, Norfolk, where authorities ruled last year that Kevin Jordan’s home would have to be demolished. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

An East Anglian man who lost his home to coastal erosion has lost his high court challenge against the government’s climate adaptation plans.

Kevin Jordan was one of three claimants who argued the government’s plans for adapting to the existing and predicted impacts of climate change, known as the National Adaptation Programme 3 (NAP3), were insufficient and unlawful.