LSE: Investment in flood defences could slash climate-related losses by almost a third

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New study warns that by 2050s extreme climate change events could result in large-scale disruptions across the UK economy unless climate resilience is treated as 'core priority'

Investments in flood defences and other climate adaptation measures could reduce UK losses from climate change impacts by 30 per cent, even under a high warming scenario. That is according to new research...

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