climate adaptation

Party vows to shore up UK preparedness for extreme flooding events if it wins the next election, led by a new Minister for Resilience in government

Organisations are currently locked into a ‘mitigation mindset’ that ignores adaptation risks, writes Emapsite’s Ben Ruhrmund

Reports of government promotion of unrealistic climate scenarios come as Liberal Democrats accuse Thames Water of deliberately holding back sewage discharge data

The government's National Adaptation Programme for worsening climate impacts should be a wake-up call - yet it seems Ministers are taking a NAP, argues Emma Howard Boyd

Green leaders express disappointment at government's failure to use publication of latest five-year plan to ramp up nationwide climate adaptation efforts

Green Finance Institute highlights major shortfall in funding for infrastructure upgrades that can bolster UK climate resilience

Environment Agency unveils updated Thames Estuary 2100 plan to accelerate London's flood defences in response to worsening climate threat and rising seas

Climate Change Committee warns record 40C heatwave last summer shows climate crisis has already arrived in the UK, yet the government's current adaptation strategy lacks ambition, clear targets, and funding

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Report warns UK is failing to mobilise sufficient investment in climate resilience measures