Klimaschutz durch erneuerbare Energien waren viel zu teuer und nicht zielführend (WK-intern) - Flooding Exposes Folly of Misbalanced UK Climate Policies In view of the habitual failure of UK governments to prevent and alleviate significant flooding events the GWPF is calling for a radical rebalancing of adaptation and mitigation in the country's climate change policies. Since 2002 the UK has been spending increasingly large sums on climate change mitigation, mostly through subsidies to renewables. Between 2017 and today, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the UK has spent £25 billion on subsidising renewable electricity, with over £9 billion in the last