Households' response to storms leading to 'worse environmental outcomes'

“Understandable” steps taken by individual households to improve their resilience to extreme weather such as Storm Éowyn are leading to “worse environmental outcomes and inefficient solutions”, a report has found.

The National Economic and Social Council (Nesc) said new solutions are required to better manage the situation when storms knock out power to homes.

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