Advisers issue stark warning UK is unprepared for climate 'disaster'

NAMPA / DPA

2025-04-30

London (PA Media/dpa) - The government is failing to prepare the United Kingdom for "tomorrow's disaster" of floods, heatwaves, drought and wildfires, its climate advisers have warned. The independent advisory Climate Change Committee also raised fears that spending needed to protect communities and critical services from worsening weather extremes could be cut in the summer spending review. In a new report on adaptation - helping the UK cope wit......

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