Cities facing $194bn annual bill due to floods and droughts
Climate-related floods and droughts are set to impact millions more people and cost the world’s major cities $194bn (£158bn) every year by 2050, new forecasts suggest.
In a report published today by the C40 Cities network, the researchers warn that devastating river and coastal floods will unleash enormous economic, health, and social consequences, unless urgent actContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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One in four companies practising ‘greenhushing’, research finds
A quarter of large and medium-sized companies in Great Britain have hidden their sustainability credentials – also known as ‘greenhushing’ – over the last 12 months, new research suggests.
The number of people exposed to dangerously hot temperatures will increase from around 60 million today to two billion by 2100 under current climate policies, a new study has found.
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Improving the resilience of infrastructure to the effects of climate change will require a greater role from regulators, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) and National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) have said.
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Sustainability is one of the most pressing issues for small UK businesses this year, but the vast majority want more guidance, a new survey has found.
