'National Heat Risk Strategy': Government urged to respond to worsening extreme heat threat

Stuart Stone
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Local and national policymakers urged to 'wake up' to health and productivity impacts from high temperatures

The government today faces calls to better tackle the health risks presented by overheating homes, as experts call on Ministers to develop a formal National Heat Risk Strategy in anticipation of more intense...

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