A policy brief to the UK Foreign Office calls for the risks of climate change to be assessed in the same way as risks to national security or public health. The advice is that, as with terrorism, we assess these risks on a worst-case scenario and then plan our actions to counter them. The brief is a follow up to the hard-hitting report “Climate Change: a Risk Assessment”, which described the consequences to the human race of the temperature rises expected this century. The report was compiled by four experts, including Sir The Stern Report, formerly the UK’s chief scientific adviser.
A policy brief to the UK Foreign Office calls for the risks of climate change to be assessed in the same way as risks to national security or public health. The advice is that, as with terrorism, we assess these risks on a worst-case scenario and then plan our actions to counter them. The brief is a follow up to the hard-hitting report “Climate Change: a Risk Assessment”, which described the consequences to the human race of the temperature rises expected this century. The report was compiled by four experts, including Sir David King, formerly the UK’s chief scientific adviser.