CCC: UK climate resilience efforts are 'slow, stalled or heading in wrong direction'

Michael Holder
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Flooding in Pontypridd, Wales, after the River Taff burst its banks following heavy rain from Storm Bert in November 2024 | Credit: iStock
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Flooding in Pontypridd, Wales, after the River Taff burst its banks following heavy rain from Storm Bert in November 2024 | Credit: iStock

Government slammed by Climate Change Committee for continued failure to prepare for the rapidly worsening and costly impacts of climate change

The UK is woefully underprepared for the rapidly worsening impacts of climate change on homes, infrastructure, businesses, public health, and the economy, and government action to tackle these escalating...

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