Fewer than 1 in 10 UK businesses are fully prepared for climate risks, Barclays finds

• Barclays research found only 25% of UK businesses are investing in climate resilience, despite 85% viewing adaptation as critical to growth.
• Fewer than 10% consider themselves fully resilient to climate risks; 83% say underinvestment is constraining growth.
• Half redirected investment away from high-risk assets over five years; 9% closed or downsized assets due to climate change.
• Almost 90% report adaptation investments met or exceeded expectations; nearly half of resilience investors gained better insurance access or lower costs.
• Competing priorities, uncertain returns and data gaps constrain investment; only 30% primarily use data, modeling and scenario analysis to assess physical climate risk.

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