Climate change could spell floods, heatwaves and droughts for UK, government warns

Michael Holder
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Government gives backing to six urgent priority areas over the next five years to better ready the UK for the growing impact of climate change

The UK could be facing a future of more widespread flooding, hotter heatwaves, disruption to food supplies and power as a result of climate change, the government revealed yesterday in its latest climate...

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