Infrastructure at risk from climate crisis due to ministers’ ‘extreme weakness’

Joint committee on national security strategy says evasion of responsibility by UK government is severe dereliction of duty'

Britain's national security is being jeopardised because of the failure of ministers to prepare for the increasing risks of extreme weather events due to climate change, a parliamentary inquiry has warned.

The joint committee on the national security strategy said the UK's critical national infrastructure (CNI) had been left exposed because of extreme weakness" at the heart of government.