Disrupted UK government ‘too weak’ to protect against global warming

It was the British government’s plan to deal with the climate crisis. It was judged to be “very weak”. Experts say that not enough has been done to protect life and livelihood. From one report: Responding to the leaked document to the Guardian, one highlighted the failure to adequately protect people in England from extreme heat. In the year A heat wave in 2022 has already killed more than 3,000 people as it tops 40C for the first time, with wildfires, damaged railway lines and farmers struggling with drought. Southern Europe is in the middle of a heat wave. Another expert said there is a “yawn gap” in measures to restore nature, a vital part of adapting to climate change.

The National Adaptation Plan will be published on Tuesday by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which is required by law to produce a plan every five years. In March, the government’s official advisers to the Committee on Climate Change said the publication would be a “make-it-or-break-it period”. Ministers have criticized years of inadequate planning for global warming. The CCC said in March that the UK was “incredibly unprepared” and had a “lost decade” in terms of adaptation. Heat waves, droughts, floods and hurricanes will continue to intensify until carbon emissions reach net zero in the coming years, he said.