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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

UK not prepared for climate impacts, warns IPCC expert

Flooding in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in February 2022
Flooding in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, last month. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The UK “is very much not adapted to climate change and not prepared”, according to a lead author of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The study, published this week and approved by 195 countries, says the worldwide impacts of the climate crisis are more severe than predicted and there is only a narrow chance of securing “a liveable future for all”.

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