resilience

National Infrastructure Commission and Climate Change Committee pen joint letter urging ministers to protect key infrastructure against the intensifying climate impacts

Agenda is billed as 'first comprehensive global plan' to rally companies, governments, and NGOs behind a shared set of adaptation best practices

Release of figures suggesting link between mortality and high temperatures prompts calls for government to enhance its preparedness for future heatwaves

Government warns climate crisis 'brings with it greater risks' as it analyses success of investing in flood and coastal erosion defences

Analysis warns extreme weather poses major threat to UK’s economic centre

Howard Boyd says 2022 must be 'the year of climate adaptation', warning that 'worryingly few' infrastructure investors consider impacts of climate change

Insurance premiums are failing to keep up with escalating climate risk faced by UK’s building stock, report warns

The chief heat officer’s responsibilities include education, disaster response training and infrastructure that considers extreme heat alongside other public health safety considerations