The UK must be prepared to cope with weather extremes of at least 2C of global warming by 2050, climate advisers have said.The independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the UK is not adapted to worsening extremes such as 40C heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding that are already occurring at current levels of 1.4C of warming, 'let alone' what is to come.In a letter to the Government, the committee has urged ministers to set out stronger objectives and targets for protecting health, h

The UK must be prepared to cope with weather extremes of at least 2C of global warming by 2050, climate advisers have said.The independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the UK is not adapted to worsening extremes such as 40C heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding that are already occurring at current levels of 1.4C of warming, 'let alone' what is to come.In a letter to the Government, the committee has urged ministers to set out stronger objectives and targets for protecting health, homes, food security, infrastructure and key public services, in the face of 2C of warming by 2050 'at a minimum'.