Significant gaps in the UK's climate policy regime are slowing the flow of finance towards projects that can help manage the impact of extreme heat, floods, storms, and drought in the UK. That is the headline conclusion of a new report today from Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and the Green Finance Institute (GFI), which warns the UK is failing to adequately respond to escalating physical climate risks. "The UK is underprepared for climate change, putting lives, livelihoods, assets and well-being at increasing ri...
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