Major flooding in UK now likely every year, warns lead climate adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...y_to_clipboard
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A year after severe floods in wake of Storm Desmond, John Krebs says ministers still have no coherent long-term plan to deal with it.
Krebs said rejection of human-caused climate change and its great risks – which he calls denial – is a “fringe discourse”, with 114 of the world’s nations already having ratified the global climate deal signed by 194 countries in Paris a year ago.
But he said: “We shouldn’t be complacent because those dissenting voices are well-organised, funded and persistent. One has to be strong in the message that the risks are so great that taking out insurance [by acting] now is well worth it.”
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Good to see the Govt. is on top of things. Govts., of whatever colour, only seem to be interested when flooding is actually happening and costing votes. Inbetween times budgets slide. They need to take a slightly longer outlook.