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Extreme weather events could increasingly disrupt UK businesses and their supply chains

National Drought Action Group warns water supplies in north of England remain low after scant rainfall this summer proved 'tough on farmers'

Stark picture emerges of rising global hunger levels as UN report warns climate variability is adversely impacting rainfall and agricultural seasons

Water companies forced to prepare for repeats of 2018's 'Beast from the East' and record-breaking summer heatwave

HSBC Global Research paper points to rising wheat prices linked to lower harvests that have resulted from weather volatility

Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile

Environmental Audit Committee warns government must respond to climate-related heat risks that pose a major threat to health

'The high temperatures and lack of rain in the UK are an example of increasing risks from climate change that the CCC highlighted to Government two years ago,' says influential watchdog

Climate attribution is complicated, but an abundance of caution that is not applied to any other field is serving to underplay the huge risks presented by climate change

NIC calls for a sweeping overhaul of UK infrastructure to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change