Government must act to close infrastructure’s ‘climate resilience gap’, say advisory bodies

By Daniel Gayne2023-04-27T06:05:00

National Infrastructure Commission and Climate Change Committee write joint letter to ministers

The government must institute cabinet-level oversight of work to ensure key infrastructure is resilient to the effects of climate change, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and Climate Change Committee (CCC) have told ministers.

Building on recent reports by each, the two organisations have written a joint letter to deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden and Thérèse Coffey, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today setting out steps to accelerate national adaptation planning.

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