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The UK must plan for a warmer future
Thursday, 18 June 2009 17:37 | 
Written by Rick | 
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The UK needs to plan now for a future that will be hotter and bring greater extremes of flood and drought, says Environment Secretary Hilary Benn.
By 2080, London will be between 2C and 6C hotter than it is now, he said.
Every part of the UK is likely to be wetter in winter and drier in summer, according to the projections.
Summer rainfall could decrease by about 20% in the south of England by the middle of the century.
Read the full BBC news report here or find out more directly from Defra’s UK Climate Prediction website.