AdaptationUK
@Adaptation_UKAccelerating climate change adaptation in the UK
“Undefinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed.” UN releases Adaptation Gap Report 2023 unep.org/resources/adap… #climateadaptation
January News Digest just out - find out what went on in the adaptation space last month: adaptationuk.com/news/ #adaptation #resilience #climateadaptation
In the week when London Climate Resilience was in the news, one tool that gives an indication of the scale of the challenge facing the capital is the Flood Map of Planning. flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk The @UKGBC in its most recent review has called for this plan to include new data…
Interim report published by London Climate Resilience Review (from @MayorofLondon). london.gov.uk/programmes-str… Report chair @EmmaHowardBoyd - “In the absence of national leadership, regional government has a more significant role to play. We need pace not perfection." #adaptation
Report today from Natural Resources Wales reveals that keeping pace with climate change on existing flood defences will involve tripling the current flood defence budget Very difficult decisions including abandonment imminent Same will apply in England naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-d…
Interested in knowing what the UK @DefenceHQ's thoughts on climate risks to defence and consequent #adaptation are? Grab a cup of tea and a ginger nut or custard cream, and settle into this surprisingly comprehensive "biscuit book": gov.uk/guidance/clima…
Excellent video from the @guardian about how we engineered rivers to our needs in the 19th century, the impacts of this in a climate changed present/future, and how we can re-introduce natural features to reduce damage from river flooding. #adaptation youtu.be/zkmJRJaPBXE
The Thames at Reading is now at its highest level since the gauge was installed 31 years ago.
The @theCCCuk’s most recent risk assessment states that the UK is less well prepared for climate risks now than it was in 2021: “the gap between the level of risk we face and the level of adaptation underway has widened. Adaptation action has failed to keep pace with the…
This is today’s Guardian front page for context btw. It won’t worry the government much in its own right, but the point is it’s very easy to run this type of story day after day, as long as the flood waters remain.
Climate disasters are becoming so common, so widespread, so all pervasive, that they are scarcely reported outside the regions they occur in anymore. Here's what's happened in the last couple of weeks in Australia, UK and Europe:
Warmer, wetter winters are set to be more typical in the UK, with extremes of weather. Our infrastructure is not suited to this - as this week’s travel & flooding chaos shows. Investing in clean, in new infrastructure, in adaptation, is to avoid further unpredictable costs.
Brilliant example. Denuded riparian buffer, grazed to water's edge increase bank erosion and sediments entering the catchment. You don't need to dredge a river to reduce silt, just let it do its own thing.
Before and after photos from one of our habitat restoration schemes. The wood has been added to the river to provide cover for fish and homes for wildlife. It includes live Alder cuttings that will grow into trees. The new fence will reduce grazing to allow trees to establish.
Eight departments in northern and western France remain under flood alert due to persistent heavy rain and strong winds. In the Hauts-de-France region, the ordeal persists for numerous residents.
Good article explaining the Adaptation Pathways approach being implemented by local authorities in the UK, supported by @EnvAgency and @ADEPTLA environmentjournal.online/headlines/clim… "The adaptation pathways approach can empower local authorities to make timely, informed decisions, ensuring…
Nature adapts to the crisis we’re creating. It’s intelligence is astonishing but it needs support Please do plant to increase pollinators wherever you can. 🐝🐛🦋🐞🪲❤️
In a "startling" piece of evolution, some flowers are producing smaller flowers & less nectar as they "give up" on being pollinated by scarce insects and turn to self-pollination. This saves the plants energy but reduces long-term resilience. #adaptation #climatechange…
For a neat news summary of the last month in climate change adaptation, read our latest digest here: adaptationuk.com/news/ #adaptation
In a "startling" piece of evolution, some flowers are producing smaller flowers & less nectar as they "give up" on being pollinated by scarce insects and turn to self-pollination. This saves the plants energy but reduces long-term resilience. #adaptation #climatechange…
2023 was a record year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, with 25 events exceeding the previous record of 20 set in 2020. #adaptation e360.yale.edu/digest/billion…
Excellent analysis on world food production by @_HannahRitchie The world fed its growing (human) population through improvements in yield and increased land use, but "without large investments into more climate-resilient agriculture and productivity, this won’t continue…
$5 trillion of nature-related economic risks will amplify climate change, says Oxford study. A reminder that we are facing huge nature and biodiversity risk, as well as climate risk; and that we need to reduce our impact on all 3 as much and as fast as possible.…
The Health Effects of Climate Change in he UK report is published today! Very proud to have worked on a number of chapters in this important report highlighting risks to our health from a climate change. #ClimateChange #health #adaptation #mitigation #HECC gov.uk/government/pub…
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