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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

Parched field in front of parliament.
The UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.

The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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