'A stark warning that the UK remains dangerously underprepared': Reaction to the CCC's climate adaptation report

BusinessGreen staff
clock • 19 min read
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Green business leaders, politicians, environmental groups, and experts respond to the Climate Change Committee's on the UK's looming climate adaptation challenge

The UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC) has today published a wide-ranging report exploring the scale of the climate threat faced by the UK and setting out how £11bn a year of investment in a wide-range...

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