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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather?

Farming vehicles harvest milling wheat on Waddenhall Farms in Kent.
Farmers have warned that Britain could face food shortages as a result of this year’s droughts. Pictured: Waddenhall Farms in Kent. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The NHS has been told it must become more resilient to increasingly frequent heatwaves supercharged by the climate crisis, as the UK government puts adaptation to extreme heat high on its agenda. But what other public services are already feeling the strain?

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