Responding to the latest Climate Change Committee (CCC) report Sam Alvis, associate director at IPPR, said: “Extreme weather is a growing political problem in the UK. As we’ve seen in Valencia, Los Angeles and elsewhere, when increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts strike, populists are quick to exploit public anger over a lack of preparation, using it to advance their own agenda and weaken support for climate action more broadly.“Climate impacts aren’t just abstract figures in an econ

CCC reaction: Failure to prepare for extreme weather risks fuelling populism, says IPPR
Liam Evans
