Tagged: Adaptation Sub-Committee
Letter: ASC Chair Lord Krebs writes to Defra Chief Scientist on UKCP18 climate projections
The Chair of the CCC’s Adaptation Sub-Committee, Lord Krebs, writes to Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Ian Boyd, to provide ongoing advice on the next set of UK climate projections in terms of the extent to which they will meet the needs of the user community.
Infographic: Scotland’s progress in preparing for climate change
This infographic provides a snapshot of progress being made in Scotland to prepare for the impacts of climate change. It accompanies the Adaptation Sub-Committee’s 2016 report ‘Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme: An independent assessment for the Scottish Parliament.’
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Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme: An independent assessment
This statutory report is the Adaptation Sub-Committee’s first to the Scottish Parliament. It provides an interim evaluation of the progress being made to prepare for climate change, two years after the Scottish Government published its inaugural Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (SCCAP) in 2014.
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Action underway to prepare for climate change in Scotland but extent of progress hard to assess
Steps are being taken to prepare for climate change, but a lack of evidence is making it difficult to judge whether Scotland’s vulnerability to climate impacts is increasing, remaining constant, or decreasing, the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says today.
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017
The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Evidence Report is the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the risks and opportunities posed by climate change to the UK.
New report provides authoritative scientific assessment of climate change risks to UK
The impacts of climate change are already being felt in the UK, and urgent action is required to address climate-related risks, the CCC’s Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) says in the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report.
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Synthesis report
The Adaptation Sub-Committee has summarised the results of the independent analysis presented in the CCRA Evidence Report, and drawn conclusions that are presented in the Synthesis Report. Following the systematic review of the available evidence by leading academics and other experts included in the Technical Chapters, the Adaptation Sub-Committee has identified six key areas of climate change risk that need to be managed as a priority. The six immediate priority …
CCC seeks new Chair for Adaptation Sub-Committee
The Committee on Climate Change is seeking a new Chair to lead the work of its Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) from 1 February 2017. The new Chair will succeed Lord Krebs who has led the ASC since May 2009.
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CCC response to call for evidence from National Flood Resilience Review
In response to a call for evidence, the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) of the Committee on Climate Change made two written submissions to the National Flood Resilience Review. The Submission to the NFRR call for evidence outlines the the various peer reviewed projects commissioned by the ASC relating to current and future vulnerability to flooding in England and the UK. The Submission to the NFRR on immediate measures provides the ASC’s analysis of the immediate action that can be taken …
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Submission to the EFRA Committee inquiry into the winter floods of 2015/16
Lord Krebs of the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) has written to Neil Parish MP, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee to provide written evidence to EFRA’s Winter floods 2015/16 inquiry. Lord Krebs writes: “We very much welcome this inquiry. The record rainfall totals in December were unprecedented in the instrumental record but severe flooding somewhere in England in any given year is almost to be expected. As a result of …
Read more - Submission to the EFRA Committee inquiry into the winter floods of 2015/16
