Exclusive: Defra minister urges firms to beef up climate adaptation efforts

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Lord Henley warns "everything will change" as climate change begins to hit UK

The minister responsible for the UK's climate adaptation efforts has issued a fresh warning to the business community, calling on them to act now to prepare for changes to the climate that will inevitably...

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