Protecting economic growth from climate change

 

Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has issued a call for urgent action to protect infrastructure which the national economy relies on from the impacts of climate change. Speaking at the launch of a cross Government report into climate resilient infrastructure, Mrs Spelman said, “Our economy is built on effective transport and communications networks and reliable energy and water supplies. But the economy cannot grow if there are repeated power failures, or goods cannot be transported because roads are flooded and railways have buckled, or if intense rainfall or high temperatures disrupt Wi-Fi signals”. The report was launched as part of two year infrastructure and adaptation project, and sets out what actions need to be taken by infrastructure owners and operators, regulators, insurers and Government in order to deal with the challenges to the transport, energy, water and ICT infrastructure sectors presented by climate change. 

Read the press release
Read the report ‘Climate Resilient Infrastructure’