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# Britain still unprepared for heatwaves
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2025/06/21/britain-still-unprepared-for-heatwaves/
- Published: 2025-06-21T00:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-21T23:59:56.000Z
- Description: Britain faces repeated heatwaves and travel chaos as inadequate infrastructure and political denial leave the nation unprepared, despite mounting evidence that urgent action on climate adaptation is needed. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
- Author: TODAY's Cartoons
- Tags: Today's Cartoon, TODAY+

The UK is experiencing yet another intense heatwave, exposing its insufficient infrastructure and the challenges faced by commuters.

With heatwaves now a regular feature of British summers, Britons are increasingly encountering disruptions due to the country’s infrastructure continually struggling to cope.

Despite rising evidence, complacency prevents meaningful action, leaving the public to suffer in heatwaves while right-wing politicians and climate change deniers argue that no changes are necessary.

This irresponsible denial and neglect repeatedly leave the nation unprepared year after year.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2025/06/0000318-min-1.jpg)

Britain faces repeated heatwaves and travel chaos as inadequate infrastructure and political denial leave the nation unprepared.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/09/end-flat-1.png) 

### **GOING FURTHER**

- ###### [Evacuated London train passengers forced to walk along tracks on hottest day of year](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/21/evacuated-london-train-passengers-forced-to-walk-along-tracks-on-hottest-day-of-year?ref=europeans.today) | THE GUARDIAN
- ###### [Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/21/heatwave-expected-deaths-england-and-wales-analysis?ref=europeans.today) | THE GUARDIAN
- ###### [Train passengers evacuated as temperatures soar](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9xj3vnyxgo?ref=europeans.today) | BBC NEWS
- ###### [Climate change: London is underprepared for extreme weather](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67993950?ref=europeans.today) | BBC NEWS

  
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##### ▪ This piece was first published in Europeans TODAY.   

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