Collective action is necessary to spark UK’s leadership position says University of Birmingham’s Professor Martin Freer.
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The turmoil of Brexit has distracted both government and opposition to the point that the juggernaut of climate change will impact before we, collectively, have had a chance to look round.
The focus is not unwarranted – the impact of Brexit on the UK economy may already be measurable, with predictions that it could shrink the economy by up to 1.5% (or tens of billions of pounds) in the case of a no-deal. Even without Brexit (deal or no-deal), political paralysis and lack of long-term clarity will affect budgetary flexibility. And that in turn will have an impact on the funding of large-scale infrastructure projects, such as HS2.
However, the impact of climate change is also likely to be financial and significant. A report from the US government o
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