heatwaves

Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns

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

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

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

New projections point to record breaking heat and rainfall in the coming years posing costly challenges for health and infrastructure

'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'

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

There are ways to manage curtailment of nuclear power during a heatwave, argues Energy for Humanity's Kirsty Gogan

National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt writes exclusively for BusinessGreen on the critical importance of meeting SDG9