Regardless of which party leader moves into Downing Street at the next general election, one certainty is that they will have to grapple with the same grim reality when it comes to the climate – prolonged periods of extreme weather are here to stay.
With the UK currently experiencing its second record-breaking heatwave of 2026 and warnings of a Super El Niño weather phenomenon set to inflict chaos across the globe later this year, climate change is set to disrupt supply chains, increase flooding risks and impact harvests.
