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Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Advises how to identify suitable mitigation and adaptation measures in the planning process to address the impacts of climate change.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report highlights how climate change intensifies and increases the frequency of extreme weather. This page provides key takeaways from the HECC report, specifically on the hazard: heat.
This page summarises Chapter 15 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on climate change indicators. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events such as cold, more intense and variable.
This page summarises Chapter 7 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on climate and infectious diseases. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events in the UK, including more intense and frequent heatwaves.
Read through this guidance to understand how the team at the Centre for Climate and Health Security (CCHS) have structured this GOV.UK to help users navigate efficiently.
Foresight project looking at how the UK is likely to be affected by global climate change over the next 30 years and beyond.
The Centre for Climate and Health Security provides scientific advice to partners at all levels ensuring climate change and extreme weather impacts on public health are included in system design. CCHS is part of the UK Health Security Agency .
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