Committee on Climate Change

Supporting research

The documents below are reports which the ASC has commissioned as part of its research for its 2nd Progress Report:

•  AEA technology (2011) "Provision of research to identify indicators for the Adaptation Sub-Committee".
• AEA technology (2011) "Evaluation of the climate risks for meeting the UK's carbon budgets"
• Arup (2011), "Analysis of how land use planning decisions affect vulnerability to climate risks":
  • Full Report.
  • Appendix A: Low Regret Land-Use Adaptation Options.
• Darch, G., Arkell, B. and Tradewell, J. (2011) "Water resource planning under climate uncertainty in London". Atkins Report (Reference 5103993/73/DG/035) for the Adaptation Sub-Committee and Thames Water. Atkins, Epsom.
• Davis Langdon (AECOM), AECOM and Ecofys (2011) "Research to identify potential low-regret adaptation options to climate change in the residential buildings sector".
• Ranger, N. (2011). "Commentary of adaptation cost-curves". Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Independent commentary on the usefulness of the adaptation cost-curve methodology for decision-making. The note considers the approach undertaken by the Davis Langdon (AECOM) commissioned by the ASC, to identify potential low-regrets adaptation options to climate change in the residential buildings sector. The note concludes with a discussion on how the approach could be both improved and extended to aid decision-making by households, the government and other agents.
• Martin, R., Muûls, M. and Ward, A. (2011). "The sensitivity of UK manufacturing firms to extreme weather events". London School of Economics and Political Science, Imperial College and the Adaptation Sub-Committee.  
  

Supporting data

The charts and data behind these are available below for each chapter of the report.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6