Environment Agency chair urges Treasury to review economics of climate resilience

Cecilia Keating
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Environment Agency chair urges Treasury to review economics of climate resilience

Howard Boyd says 2022 must be 'the year of climate adaptation', warning that 'worryingly few' infrastructure investors consider impacts of climate change

Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd has called on the Treasury to launch a review into the cost of climate impacts and the value of investing in resilience measures, noting that current levels of...

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