Flood victims 70 per cent more likely to identify action on climate change as top priority, report finds

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Cardiff University research finds those impacted by the 2013 and 2014 floods are more supportive of efforts to deliver an international climate agreement

Victims of the 2013 and 2014 floods are more likely to support action to tackle climate change, a new report from Cardiff University has found. In a paper to be unveiled at the Royal Geographical Society...

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