UK Audit Office Maps Extreme Weather Risks to Services
Britain's National Audit Office says extreme weather is now having a measurable effect on public finances. Railways, prisons and healthcare are among the services increasingly affected. The watchdog's work aims to map those risks so they can be understood and planned for.
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The National Audit Office is the UK's public spending watchdog, which checks how government money is used. Climate change is making extreme heat, floods and storms more common, so such risks are a growing concern for governments.
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