Summer heatwaves as sweltering as this year’s could become the norm within 50 years, according to the first update of UK climate projections in nearly ten years.
The most detailed forecast yet of the probable impact of global warming described boiling summers, falling crop yields and rising sea levels that the government said could force communities to “move out of harm’s way”.
Very cold winters will become increasingly rare, the projections suggest. Average summer rainfall could halve by 2070 and there could be a third more precipitation in winter.
Introducing the report yesterday, Michael Gove, the environment secretary, said that it “opens our eyes to the extent of the challenge we face and shows us a future we want to avoid”.
Further climate changes were
