Five in every six UK organisations unprepared for escalating climate impacts

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Five in every six UK organisations unprepared for escalating climate impacts

Major new survey reveals organisations are largely failing to adapt to the effects of extreme weather, despite facing increasing disruption from climate impacts

An overwhelming majority of organisations in the UK are unprepared for weather-related disruption resulting from climate change, despite three in five saying their organisation has been affected by extreme...

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