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International threats and opportunities of climate change for the UK
Posted on: 15 October 2013
By: mackene
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The UK’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has identified climate change impacts overseas as a threat to UK prosperity. The assessment comes as part of the government’s National Adaptation Programme, and looks at the impact of climate change overseas on UK trade and investment, food, health and well-being, energy and foreign policy. The report, undertaken by PWC, found that climate change impacts around the world could have a greater impact on the UK than from climate change at home. The main threats identified were: damage to physical and financial assets from extreme weather; increased frequency and urgency of humanitarian assistance; increased volatility in food prices; political or policy reactions affecting availability of food supplies; and increased demand for UK Government services by overseas territories and citizens abroad.
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