UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather were not enough.

The UK, alongside other countries, experienced its hottest summer on record this year, including four heatwaves, with swaths of the country experiencing below-average rainfall and prolonged periods of drought.

According to the Climate Change Committee (CCC), an independent public body, at the 2C threshold the time spent under drought conditions is also expected to double.

The CCC said ministers needed to prepare to adapt for “the weather extremes that will be experienced if global warming levels reach 2C above pre-industrial levels by 2050”.

“We have to advise that the UK should be prepared for clim

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