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Over 100,000 new homes will be built in England’s highest-risk flood zones. Climate-driven flooding threatens housing targets, insurance viability, and infrastructure. Critics urge stricter planning, but government policy remains unchanged.
After insurers like State Farm dropped policies, to switch to the state’s Fair plan was prohibitively pricey for many.
How a team of researchers is reducing skin temperature under clothes and energy bills with some forward fashion thinking.
As officials urge people to stay indoors, those experiencing homelessness struggle to shield themselves from toxic air.
Ports including in Saudi Arabia and the US projected to be seriously damaged by a metre of sea level rise.
Analysis of insurance payouts by Christian Aid reveals three-quarters of financial destruction occurred in US.
Tenbury Wells, flooded 7 times in 4 years, faces abandonment due to rising costs and lack of flood defenses. Businesses struggle without insurance, as climate change worsens the situation. Urgent action is needed to save this town.
Spain introduces "paid climate leave" to protect workers under extreme weather like October floods. The law reflects Spain's commitment to green policies as climate change intensifies extreme weather, doubling its economic impacts by 2050.
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