UK infrastructure must adapt to climate change
Ensuring the UK’s energy, transport and communications systems can cope with more extreme weather conditions is crucial for economic stability, warns environment secretary.
Launching Defra’s new report, “Climate Resilient Infrastructure”, Caroline Spelman said: “Our economy cannot grow if there are repeated power failures, or goods cannot be transported because roads are flooded and railways have buckled, or if intense rainfall or high temperatures disrupt wi-fi signals.”
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