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From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now
UK NewsPoliticsAugust 12, 2026 at 3:34 PMNational

From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now

By Matthew Taylor, Sandra Laville, Damian Carrington and Pippa NeillThe Guardian - UK News

Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready countryFrom record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths, the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026.Tackling the root cause – the burning of fossil fuels – and ending the crisis will take years. So will fixing the UK government’s calamitous failure to protect lives and livelihoods against the long-predicted affects of global heating. Continue reading...

Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country

From record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths, the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026.

Tackling the root cause – the burning of fossil fuels – and ending the crisis will take years. So will fixing the UK government’s calamitousfailure to protect lives and livelihoods against the long-predicted affects of global heating.

Continue reading...