The UK is unprepared for the devastating consequences of global warming in the coming years, the Government's climate advisers warned last night. Our planning for such events has been 'genuinely poor', the Climate Change Committee warns today in a damning 1,500-page report exposing the risks of global warning to Britain. The committee calls for action within the next two years from Government in eight key areas, including guarding against power failures. Baroness Brown, chairwoman of the Adaptation Committee, said the Government's national action plan that followed the committee's last risk assessment was inadequate. A Government spokesman said: 'We welcome this report and will consider its recommendations closely as we continue to demonstrate global leadership on climate change ahead of Cop26 in November.'

Source: The Nation June 16, 2021 09:33 UTC