Climate News Network: The risk of flooding is identified as one of the climate-related priorities for the UK.
Scientific advisers warn that, by 2100, temperatures in Britain could rise by twice as much as the internationally-agreed limit set at the Paris climate conference. An independent group of advisers to the UK government says the impacts of climate change are already affecting the country, and calls for urgent action to tackle the risks.
Globally, the group says, 14 of the 15 hottest years recorded have occurred...