National Heat Risk Commission warns escalating heat impacts are 'well documented but poorly governed'

James Murray
clock • 4 min read
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New report argues heat risks and the policies and investments required to combat them are now well understood, but ‘delivery is absent’

Policymakers and business leaders have today been accused of failing to adequately respond to well-documented heat risks that present a growing threat to public health and economic security. In a new...

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