New UK Heat Risk Commission to advise governments on escalating climate impacts

Michael Holder
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Emma Howard Boyd to chair new National Heat Risk Commission tasked with providing policy recommendations for boosting UK's resilience to extreme heat

A team of climate resilience experts has been appointed to a newly-formed National Heat Risk Commission, which is being launched to investigate how to better tackle the wide-ranging impacts of high temperatures...

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