Profession attacks government for failure to address dangerous overheating in homes

摘要

Government action to address the problem of overheating in new homes has been “notably absent”despite the serious risk of death to inhabitants as climate change impacts worsen, a major report haswarned.The government’s independent Climate Change Committee said in a landmark update to its assessmentof the risk to the UK from climate change, that since its last report 570,000 new homes had been builtwhich would be likely to overheat in hot summers, risking the health of residents.