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Risk
Government launches £400,000 competition searching for innovations to protect energy, transport and IT networks
23 July 2012
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Policy
Flood defence spending needs to rise £20m above inflation each year or four times as many properties may end up at risk
11 July 2012
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Risk
New UN-backed principles endorsed by insurance firms with over $5tr of assets under management
19 June 2012
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Climate change
DECC and Defra pay for new supercomputers as new research links industrial air pollution and "natural" disasters
12 April 2012
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Risk
UN scientists warn climate change is set to cause increasingly dangerous and costly weather disasters
29 March 2012
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Risk
From terrifying environmental predictions to fractious nuclear rows, we run down the top stories from the past seven days
16 March 2012
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Nuclear
Rising sea levels because of climate change put 12 of 19 sites at risk, unpublished government analysis shows
08 March 2012
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Management
Trewin Restorick warns government and insurers could be playing a dangerous game with the UK's water strategy
10 February 2012
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Risk
Committee finds government funding cuts to flood defences have yet to be covered by fresh investment from other sources
31 January 2012
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Risk
Major report warns of catastrophic climate impacts for UK unless urgent adaptation measures are adopted
26 January 2012
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