Climate change ‘may cost billions’

Press Association: The costs to the UK of flooding could rise to billions of pounds a year in the coming decades, according to the first national assessment of the risks of climate change. The UK will also face threats including water shortages, more droughts and diseases such as red band needle blight which could hit the timber industry in the next century, the assessment conducted for the Government showed. However, the changing climate will bring some opportunities to the UK, including the chance to grow new......

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