Monday, 4 March 2013

Even More Weather to Talk About?

Defra has confirmed that climate change appears to be already with the UK (http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climate/) as 2012 was punctuated by floods and droughts, often in the same areas. The disruption caused havoc to agriculture, transport and tourism. The report suggests that we are likely to experience more extreme weather events in the foreseeable future so there needs to be planning and investment to try to ameliorate the disruptions. I suspect that this will be resisted in some quarters but these seem to be sensible precautions. 
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