[Nice timing]: UK's infrastructure will struggle to cope with climate change, report warns | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Britons might have to get used to power blackouts and disrupted travel plans as the country struggles to cope with the long-term effects of climate change, a report for the government has warned.

Consumers will have to learn they cannot expect cheap heating and lighting and to go where or when they want as floods, rising temperatures and higher sea levels threaten the UK's road, rail, water and energy networks, it says.
...A gradual shift to renewable energy sources, such as sun, wind, waves and tides, which are dependent on climactic conditions for providing electricity, might make stability through a grid system difficult to guarantee.

A Defra spokesman said : "We've seen these last few weeks how extreme weather can affect our lives, so energy providers, transport systems and water suppliers need to think about how well they're equipped to deal with a changing climate.