our weekly newsletter<\/a> for exclusive and original coverage from ITV News. Direct to your inbox every Friday morning. <\/p>\nUnite national health and safety officer Rob Miguel said the recommendations are \u201cvery welcome\u201d but did not go far enough, with some types of work \u2013 such as people in PPE \u2013 requiring lower temperatures to be incorporated, and said laws must include those working outside.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe expect if introduced that any new laws must be fully enforced with meaningful penalties for those breaking the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorkers must be easily able to report bad employers for breaking the law, without fear of retribution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ruth Wilkinson, head of policy and public affairs at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, said climate impacts are already affecting all workers.<\/p>\n
She called for climate-related risks to be included in labour and health and safety laws, for businesses to include risks in their internal processes and training and awareness for all workers.<\/p>\n
Sam Alvis, associate director at think tank IPPR, warned that impacts today are making it harder for governments to improve lives \u2013 while populists exploit the anger to further their own agendas and undermine climate action more broadly.<\/p>\n
\u201cExtreme heat is affecting children\u2019s exam performance, forcing NHS surgeries to be cancelled, and making it harder for farmers to grow food,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is no surprise that frustration is growing.<\/p>\n
\u201cPairing long-term emissions cuts \u2013 such as rolling out solar panels on schools \u2013 with immediate adaptation measures, like air conditioning in classrooms, will both protect communities and strengthen public confidence in climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as threatening lives and livelihoods, the Climate Change Committee warns worsening climate extremes is putting many elements of the British way of life at risk \u2013 from the gently changing seasons to weekend visits to National Trust venues.<\/p>\n
Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust, said: \u201cClimate change is putting our heritage under enormous strain, from fires in the countryside and farmers struggling with drought, to flooding of historic buildings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s at stake is even greater than the sum of its parts \u2013 it\u2019s our shared inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n
But she said the UK had risen to huge societal challenges before and the committee\u2019s report provides a \u201cpractical handrail\u201d to do it again, adding: \u201cWe owe it to past and future generations to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eleanor Johnston, climate change manager at The Wildlife Trusts, said the solution to the escalating impacts of climate change lays with nature.<\/p>\n
\u201cA well-managed transition to nature-friendly farming, healthy soils that absorb extreme rainfall, green spaces that cool our towns and cities, and rivers and wetlands that slow and store floodwater are all essential to keeping food on our shelves and helping to protect people, places and wildlife,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese nature-based solutions are among the most cost-effective approaches to build resilience to climate change and biodiversity loss, while also providing significant benefits for people\u2019s health, wellbeing and communities \u2013 bringing people together in an age of division and challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
She urged the Government to put nature at the heart of climate adaptation, restoring and protecting habitats, investing in nature recovery and ensuring planning decisions work with nature.<\/p>\n
Martin Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, welcomed the committee\u2019s recognition that radical action is needed to protect food security and insulate shoppers from rocketing prices and shortages.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe need to be producing as much of the food we can grow here as possible, reducing our dependence on imports from countries even more affected by climate change than the UK.<\/p>\n
\u201cReducing our reliance on fossil fuels and chemical inputs, and working with nature instead, is the route to sustainable harvests and viable farm businesses for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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