Jo Wall 28 July 2022

It’s time to take climate adaptation seriously

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The extreme heat in July led London Mayor Sadiq Khan to declare an emergency in London.

Overstretched ambulance services elsewhere in the country expressed concerns about how they would cope with the additional calls inevitably received in the severe heat. Meanwhile, the Met Office has increased the criteria for an extreme hot weather event by 1°C, effectively normalising a warmer climate.

In our efforts to tackle climate change there is a heavy emphasis on greenhouse gas reduction, but less visible action on how we are going to deal with the consequences of a changing climate and adapt to its wider impacts over time.

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