heatwaves
Risk
Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns
16 June 2021
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7 min read
Climate change
The deaths occurred during two severe heatwaves over past two decades, while climate change also caused $9bn of damages in a series of extreme floods, University of Oxford study finds
02 March 2021
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3 min read
Risk
Blistering heatwaves and devastating flood events are set to take an ever greater toll on the UK's mental and physical health, according to the Climate Coalition
05 February 2021
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3 min read
Climate change
'Real risk to wellbeing': UK summer temperatures set to rise faster than global average, study finds
Research mapping 40 years of future global climate trends has concluded that temperatures in the UK are set to increase faster than other parts of the world
06 January 2021
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2 min read
Climate change
New projections point to record breaking heat and rainfall in the coming years posing costly challenges for health and infrastructure
22 October 2020
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3 min read
Risk
'A heatwave coupled with a second wave of Covid-19 infections would put enormous strain on our already overburdened doctors, nurses and other key workers'
02 June 2020
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7 min read
Climate change
Governments and businesses around the world should accelerate spending on climate resilience, according to new report from group chaired by Bill Gates, Ban Ki-Moon and World Bank chief Kristalina Georgieva
10 September 2019
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4 min read
Nuclear
There are ways to manage curtailment of nuclear power during a heatwave, argues Energy for Humanity's Kirsty Gogan
06 September 2019
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4 min read
Buildings
National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt writes exclusively for BusinessGreen on the critical importance of meeting SDG9
08 August 2019
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4 min read
