Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
The UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating. They want him to recognise that ecological restoration – such as rewetting bogs and managing natural flood defences – is essential to national security and public health.View image in fullscreenWheat crops on fire in the Essex countryside on 1 August.
- ▪The UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating.
- ▪Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating.
- ▪They want him to recognise that ecological restoration – such as rewetting bogs and managing natural flood defences – is essential to national security and public health.View image in fullscreenWheat crops on fire in the Essex countryside o
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The UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenThe UK government has been warned that it is lagging far behind in terms of adapting to a new climate as a result of global heating. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockEnvironment policyJust 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfiresExclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves UK heatwave live – latest updates Sandra LavilleWed 12 Aug 2026 05.36 EDTLast modified on Wed 12 Aug 2026 05.38 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleJust 20 staff are working on climate adaptation…
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