WWF: Climate change cannot be left unchecked

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WWF: Climate change cannot be left unchecked

12 Mar, 2009

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Environmental health has come under scrutiny from one organisation which claims that climate change needs to be tackled sooner rather than later.

WWF claims that in the future, the consequences of climate change will cost the economy 20 times more than at present if it is left unchecked.

The body claims that this is a global issue, however for UK businesses, the financial benefits may be particularly apparent.

Colin Butfield, head of campaigns at WWF, said: "Particularly at the moment when you are having to look at this massive financial crisis, one of the ways we can help get out of it is by stimulating investment in a lot of things that are needed for climate change."

Dr Vicky Pope, head of climate change advice at the Met Office, recently stated that even significant cuts in emissions on the next decade are unlikely to keep global temperatures rises below two degrees C.

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