We’re not ready for extreme weather
Climate expert warns we need to prepare for uncertain future
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‘Brits feel unprepared for climate change’
Recent polling by the Local Government Association indicates that just 5% of the UK public…
Climate crisis incurs $16m per hour in extreme damage
A study reveals extensive financial losses of approximately $2.8 trillion from extreme weather…
Developing nations call for climate support at COP27
“Get real” on climate action is the message to wealthier countries
King Arthur’s castle at mercy of climate change
English Heritage is looking to raise money to protect many castles in England, as coastal…
Climate change: Welsh Government announces independent review of floods
Since Storm Dennis wreaked havoc across the country in February 2020, Wales has experienced a…
Natural disasters ‘have claimed more than 3,700 lives in the UK since 2000’
Extreme temperatures are to blame for 3,626 deaths registered in the UK, according to new…
Billion-dollar natural disasters: Natural catastrophes in 2020 ‘create global economic loss of $210bn’
A new study shows six-in-ten of the costliest natural catastrophes during 2020 occurred in the…
Climate-related disasters ‘almost doubled in the last 20 years’
China and India have the highest share of disaster-hit populations with more than 2.8 billion…
Changing climate ‘worsens Somalian locust plague’
The United Nations suggested unseasonably heavy rainfall and floods in the region were causing…
