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From the Highlands to the Himalayas: This summer's climate extremes are a warning businesses cannot ignore

Fredrika Klarén, Polestar

04 September 2026 • 5 min read

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Tackling climate change is not a story about sacrifice - it is a story about progress, and about finally turning off the oil tap, writes Polestar's Fredrika Klarén

Britain just had its driest and hottest summer ever recorded. That's not a statistic to skim past, it's the reason the Cairngorms burned, the reason the Isle of Wight sent evacuation orders, the reason...

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