Kevin Jordan thought he would spend his retirement listening to the sound of the sea at his home on the Norfolk coast in eastern England.
But his dream collapsed in November last year and he lost everything overnight when the house was demolished due to coastal erosion.
Now the former engineer is part of a landmark legal case brought by climate activist group Friends of the Earth, accusing the government of not doing enough to protect people from the foreseeable effects of climate change.
In 2020, the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership estimated that 28 percent of the coastline in England and Wales was retreating by at least 10 centimeters (four inches) a year due to erosion.
The problem is accelerating because of global warming, as higher temperatures mean a rise in sea levels and an increase in storms both in winter and the summer months.