heatwaves

Research from University of East Anglia warns human-caused climate change is making fires more extreme and damaging, leading to increased financial costs

BusinessGreen takes a deep dive into the CCC's landmark climate adaptation report and its calls for around £11bn of annual investment in climate resilience

Changing climate will continue to drive health risks faster than systems can adapt without 'life‐saving' investment, major new report warns

Climate and extreme-weather records tumbled last year as Europe cemented its place as the world's 'fastest-warming continent', annual State of the Climate report warns

Emma Howard Boyd to chair new National Heat Risk Commission tasked with providing policy recommendations for boosting UK's resilience to extreme heat

New report identifies the 10 most expensive and impactful climate disasters of the past year

Summers are getting hotter and are starting to negatively impact economic productivity

Provisional data suggests the past summer has been the hottest on record, sparking fresh calls for government and businesses to enhance climate resilience

The UK faces a choice - lock into energy-hungry cooling, or redesign homes, streets and routines to stay cool naturally - writes University of East London research fellow Mehri Khosravi

Provisional Met Office statistics indicate summer 2025 is on track to join 2023, 2022 and 2018 among UK's ten warmest since records began 140 years ago - and it could yet take the overall top spot