30 April 2025
The Climate Change Committee has released a damning assessment of the UK Government's failure to plan and take action to adequately prepare the UK to adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change.
Sarah Mukherjee MBE, CEO of ISEP, said: “Government could take a useful step towards supporting climate adaptation across the whole economy by setting clear sector-specific guidance for businesses – which scenarios to plan for, how to improve co-ordination across departments and how to tackle systemic risks and interdependencies head-on.
“For example, how many degrees of warming should businesses plan for? And what do these scenarios mean in practice for their infrastructure, supply chains and the skill-set of their workforce?
“In constrained economic times, it is tempting to deprioritise investment in resilience or cut back training for staff in areas like sustainability – but climate resilient infrastructure and operations must be the cornerstone of sustainable economic growth.”
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