08-01-2022, 07:07 PM
The Liberal Party notes the recording setting July 2022 heatwave and the subsequent national disruption to a wide range of daily activities and services.
We believe that this episode further highlights the fact that the world is undergoing a period of accelerated climate change swinging between extreme heat and drought, and periods of torrential rainfall.
To meet these challenge’s the UK needs to development a strategy to both address the root causes of global warming through human activity, and to mitigate their effects both nationally and globally.
The heatwave has had adverse effects on transport, business, and the environment, as well as brought further pressure to bear on an already stretched NHS.
A wide-ranging discussion needs to be held between both national and local government, business and the charity sector and covering such diverse subjects as the resilience of the transport network, the supply and storage of water, the response of the emergency services through to the ability of supermarket chillers to function at elevated temperatures.
We believe that this episode further highlights the fact that the world is undergoing a period of accelerated climate change swinging between extreme heat and drought, and periods of torrential rainfall.
To meet these challenge’s the UK needs to development a strategy to both address the root causes of global warming through human activity, and to mitigate their effects both nationally and globally.
The heatwave has had adverse effects on transport, business, and the environment, as well as brought further pressure to bear on an already stretched NHS.
A wide-ranging discussion needs to be held between both national and local government, business and the charity sector and covering such diverse subjects as the resilience of the transport network, the supply and storage of water, the response of the emergency services through to the ability of supermarket chillers to function at elevated temperatures.