UK Government Faces Landmark Climate Adaptation Legal Challenge
High Court to determine if current policies breach human rights and Climate Change Act
- Claimants argue the UK's National Adaptation Programme is inadequate and unlawful.
- Case highlights the impact of climate change on vulnerable groups like the elderly and disabled.
- Friends of the Earth leads the legal action alongside two affected individuals.
- The Labour government defends the plan inherited from the previous Conservative administration.
- Outcome could set a precedent for future climate adaptation policies in the UK.
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