The National Trust says climate change-linked extreme weather is now the biggest threat to its sites.

Flooding, wildfires and extreme weather threaten the future of nearly three-quarters of sites managed by the National Trust, a new report says.

The charity says climate change is “the single biggest threat” facing its 28,500 historic homes, 250,000 hectares of land and 780 miles of coastline.

In Monday’s report, the trust called on the UK government to do more to help organisations adapt to climate change.

  • joneskind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The amount of money that is needed to counter the effects of global warming is rapidly outweighing the amount of money we were told it would cost to avoid it.

    But hey, billionaires got richer, right?