CCC urges UK to set max workplace temperature
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- Climate Change Committee recommends the UK set a maximum indoor temperature for workplaces to protect workers from intensifying heatwaves.
- Climate Change Committee says rolling out air‑conditioning and other cooling technologies in schools and hospitals should be a top government priority.
- Baroness Brown criticises successive governments for a “woeful” record on climate‑adaptation and says the UK’s way of life is under threat.
- Climate Change Committee cites Spain’s legal indoor limits—27 °C for sedentary work and 25 °C for light physical work—as a model for the UK.
- Climate Change Committee warns that extreme heat is the greatest health risk from climate change for the UK and that over 90 % of homes could overheat during future heatwaves.
Why it matters: Workers and patients will gain safer indoor conditions, while the government faces pressure to fund cooling upgrades; without action, over 90% of UK homes risk overheating, driving health costs and productivity losses.
