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Managing flood risk: Why flood insurance needs to send the right signals
Anticipatory action and preparedness is much more economic than providing disaster aid. However, there have recently been many missed opportunities to put sensible long-term risk management in response to climate … read more »
The costs of the UK storms and floods in context
It is still too early to full assess the economic impacts of the storms and floods that have been gripping the UK over the past couple of months, particularly as … read more »
UK is warming at faster rate than global average
The average annual temperature recorded in the UK has been rising at a faster rate than the global average, according to a new policy brief by Bob Ward and Naomi Hicks on ‘Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate’, which presents an analysis of Met Office records read more »
New flood insurance scheme could be unsustainable because it overlooks climate change
A proposed new scheme for flood insurance in the UK may not be sustainable because the impacts of climate change have not been taken into account, according to a policy paper published today read more »
