Climate adaptation must be backed by climate communication

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Bob Ward calls on newly appointed Environment Secretary Liz Truss to deliver a more coherent approach to climate adaptation

One of the most depressing themes to emerge from the report earlier this month on the UK's adaptation to the impacts of climate change is the utter failure by government and its agencies to make the public...

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