UK climate change risk assessment: Government report
Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Sets out the main priorities for adaptation in the UK under 5 key themes identified in the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) 2012 evidence report (agriculture and forestry; business, industry and services; health and wellbeing; buildings and infrastructure; and natural environment) and describes the policy context, and action already in place to tackle some of the risks in each area. Also highlights the constraints of the CCRA analysis and provides advice on how to take account of the uncertainty within the analysis.
History
Related to the following: Climate change risk assessment for Scotland; Climate change risk assessment for Wales; and Climate change risk assessment for Northern Ireland (all DEFRA, 2012).
ISBN
9780108511257
Subjects
- Climate change
- Planning and development
- Environmental planning/land
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