How the UK's flawed Covid response offers lessons in resilience planning for climate-driven weather extremes

Michael Holder
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National Audit Office takes the microscope to the government's preparations for droughts, heatwaves and flooding - and finds them badly wanting

The government is underprepared for the increasingly extreme weather events that are set to hit the UK more frequently in the coming years as the climate crisis worsens, threatening significant disruption...

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