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28 May 2020 • 3 min read

Wide-ranging report warns UK's 'robust historic resilience' under threat from climate change and growing risk of unanticipated shocks

"The past is not always the best guide to the future". That is the stark warning at the heart of a wide ranging new report from the independent National Infrastructure Commission, which warns the "robust...

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