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'Adapt or die': Environment Agency warns urgent action needed to save millions of lives and livelihoods

13 October 2021 • 6 min read

'Adapt or die': Environment Agency warns urgent action needed to save millions of lives and livelihoods

Stark new report argues governments and businesses risk coming to COP26 with 'grievously undercooked' climate resilience plans

The Environment Agency has today published a sobering new report, warning the world is failing to adapt to escalating climate impacts, which are set to see sea levels rise by up 78cm by the 2080s at the...

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