Risk

Lowest first-half losses since 2020 'does not mean the risk has gone away’, Swiss Re warns, as record heat and dry conditions set the stage for active wildfire season

UK could face £25.6bn hit each year by 2030 if heatwaves keep intensifying at rates seen over the last decade, think tank Verdant claims

The test for Andy Burnham is not whether the UK can afford to prioritise climate and nature, but whether Britain can afford a 10-year plan that does not, writes WWF UK's chief executive Tanya Steele

Warmest UK summer since records began in 1884 ‘increasingly likely’, Met Office warns, as temperatures stay well above average

The most effective wildfire risk reduction happens long before the first 999 call, according to Aston University's Komal Raj Aryal

As country braces for its fifth heatwave this summer, a new survey shows scale of potential productivity crisis that could affect the UK as temperatures rise over the next decade

KPMG's Richard Andrews explores how corporate sustainability and resilience are increasingly aligned and offer a new route to drive commercial value

British Retail Consortium data suggests 'exceptionally hot and historically dry weather' likely to have discouraged shopping trips, particularly impacting high streets

As drought torments farms and food production across Europe, the NFU is calling on the UK government to focus on shoring up domestic food supplies by prioritising water for food production

Although partly fuelled by developing El Niño, latest record offers 'clear example of how climate change is intensifying heat extremes' according to EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service