Policy paper

UK climate change risk assessment: Government report

This publication was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

It sets out the main priorities for adaptation in the UK under 5 key themes identified in the CCRA 2012 Evidence Report.

Document

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment: Government Report

Ref: PB13698 PDF, 1.32MB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (eg a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Detail

The Government published the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) on 25 January 2012, the first assessment of its kind for the UK and the first in a 5 year cycle.

It sets out the main priorities for adaptation in the UK under 5 key themes identified in the CCRA 2012 Evidence Report - Agriculture and Forestry; Business, industries and Services; Health and Wellbeing; Natural Environment and Buildings and Infrastructure - and describes the policy context, and action already in place to tackle some of the risks in each area.

It highlights the constraints of the CCRA analysis and provides advice on how to take account of the uncertainty within the analysis.

Further information

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)
Including the Evidence Report, Summary of the key findings from the CCRA, and Reports and Summaries for each of the eleven sectors