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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 80024

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the costs to her Department of climate-related extreme weather since 1 January 2020.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3), published in 2021 under the UK Climate Change Act 2008, includes a Monetary Valuation of Risks and Opportunities assessment of the current and future costs of climate change to the UK.

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