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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

Campaigners ‘disappointed’ to lose legal fight over climate change plan

Doug Paulley, left, and Kevin Jordan outside the Royal Courts Of Justice, central London, earlier this year (Friends of the Earth/PA) - (PA Media)

Campaigners have said they are “extremely disappointed” with a decision to dismiss their High Court legal challenge against the Government over its plan to adapt to the risks posed by climate change.

Activist Kevin Jordan and disability campaigner Doug Paulley, along with environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE), challenged the former Tory government’s July 2023 National Adaptation Programme (NAP) at a hearing earlier this year.

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