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A heat pump owner’s rising electricity costs highlight a debate over whether prioritizing renewable energy generation is the right approach to achieving net-zero emissions targets, given that heating and transport account for over 40% of UK emissions.
Rising heatwaves across the UK are prompting a reassessment of climate policy priorities, with housing organizations and government advisors now arguing for greater investment in cooling measures alongside carbon reduction efforts.
European farmers face an unprecedented crisis from successive heatwaves and continent-wide drought, with vegetable and grain harvests plummeting by 25-60% in major producing nations.
England’s ancient oak trees are dying during extreme summer heat and drought conditions, with experts warning that half could be lost within 60 years as climate change outpaces ecological adaptation.
The UK imports 80% of its fruit and 47% of its vegetables, often from countries more vulnerable to climate change than Britain itself, according to a report published on Wednesday.
A major cyclosporiasis outbreak this summer has sparked speculation about farmworkers as disease sources, but experts say contaminated irrigation water is more likely responsible for the record-breaking outbreak.
