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'We must learn to adapt better': MPs launch inquiry into worsening extreme heat risks

Amber Rolt

03 July 2023 • 4 min read

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Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) asks how UK can learn to live with rising temperatures and what steps policymakers should take to adapt to growing risks

Following one of the UK's hottest Junes on record, MPs have today launched a new inquiry to better understand how Britain can adapt to rising temperatures without relying on energy-intensive solutions...

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