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UK poorly prepared for climate change impacts, government advisers warn

Source(s): Guardian, the (UK)
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By Damian Carrington

The UK is poorly prepared for the inevitable impacts of global warming in coming decades, including deadly annual heatwaves, water shortages and difficulties in producing food, according the government’s official advisers.

Action must be taken now, according to the report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published on Tuesday, with more widespread flooding and new diseases among the risks in most urgent need of addressing.

The CCC further warns that climate-stoked wars and migration around the world could have very significant consequences for the UK, through disrupted trade and more military intervention overseas.

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Hazards Flood Heatwave
Themes Climate change Social impacts and social resilience Food security and agriculture
Country and region United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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