First UK Climate Change Risk Assessment published
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24th January 2012
The Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, launched the findings of the UK’s first Climate Change Risk Assessment on 26th January 2012, as required under the terms of the Climate Change Act 2008. This major project for Defra has considered over 100 climate-related risks to the UK’s economy, society and natural environment and scored them in a consistent way.
It is the first assessment of its kind for the UK and the first in a 5 year cycle. It provides underpinning evidence that can be used by Government to help inform priorities for action and appropriate adaptation measures. It also highlights where more work is needed to understand the scale and nature of the risks, and to help us consider what action we need to take and as such will inform the development of the National Adaptation Programme (NAP) which UK Government will publish in 2013.
To coincide with the publication of the UK CCRA 2012 and given the importance of local adaptation action, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) commissioned the Climate UK (The Climate Change Partnerships across England - including Climate East Midlands) to produce an information pack to highlight key risks and opportunities from climate change within each area. To sit alongside the regional packs, a series of case study "Impact Examples" have also been published.
Click here to access the documents and find out more.
First ever UK Climate Change Risk Assessment
Find out more about what the findings mean for the East Midlands
