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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

Government must ‘get a grip’ on infrastructure and security risks from climate crisis, MPs warn

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The government must “get a grip” on “major national security risks” posed by the impacts of the worsening climate crisis on many areas of critical national infrastructure, a cross-party committee of MPs and peers has said.

The joint committee on the national security strategy has warned that the UK’s lack of preparedness for future climate-influenced events means essential infrastructure such as power, water, transport and communications are all vulnerable.

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