Progress in adapting to climate change

The UK’s Climate Change Act had extraordinary foresight. It laid the groundwork for the nation’s escalating climate ambition. It anticipated, correctly, the need to ... enough for Ministers to point to the Glasgow summit and hope that this will carry the day with the public. Leadership is required, detail on the steps the UK will take ...

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