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Climate adaptation on future changes to UK rainfall intensities

Climate adaptation on future changes to UK rainfall intensities

Climate experts involved in the UK Climate Resilience Programme have published guidance to help water and sewerage companies and flood risk management authorities to prepare for future increases in rainfall intensities from global warming. Published...

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Erosion hazards and economic damage to critical infrastructure in river catchments: Impact of a warming climate

Erosion hazards and economic damage to critical infrastructure in river catchments: Impact of a warming climate

UK Climate Resilience Programme Webinar Series 2021 Date: 21 July, 12-1pm BST Speaker: Dr James Cooper (University of Liverpool) Chair: TBC See links to a video of the webinar and slides below Abstract Climate change is...

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Climate change shifting UK’s high-impact weather

Climate change shifting UK’s high-impact weather

A new study has examined how high-impact weather in the UK, such as extremely hot days, heavy rainfall and very cold conditions, could be affected at different levels of global warming. The study, published in the...

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UKCR academics contribute to Third Climate Change Risk Assessment

UKCR academics contribute to Third Climate Change Risk Assessment

Academics involved in the SPF UK Climate Resilience Programme (UKCR) have contributed to the Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk for the third Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3). The independent report, led by the Climate...

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Pioneering study develops shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) to equip research on UK climate resilience

Pioneering study develops shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) to equip research on UK climate resilience

Commissioned by the Met Office and funded by the UK Climate Resilience Programme, this pioneering interdisciplinary research developed a set of UK-SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) that are consistent with the global SSPs, and provides a series...

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UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3)

UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3)

UK Climate Resilience Programme Webinar Series 2021 Date: 30 June, 12-1pm BST Speakers: Professor Richard Betts (University of Exeter and Met Office) and Kathryn Brown (UK Climate Change Committee) Chair: Suraje Dessai (UKCR) See links...

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UK struggling to keep pace with climate change impacts

UK struggling to keep pace with climate change impacts

Action to improve the nation’s resilience is failing to keep pace with the impacts of a warming planet and increasing climate risks facing the UK. That is the conclusion of a comprehensive independent assessment led...

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Framing the Framework: Addressing the need for a UK National Framework For Climate Services (webinar)

Framing the Framework: Addressing the need for a UK National Framework For Climate Services (webinar)

UK Climate Resilience Programme Webinar Series 2021 Date: 14 July, 12-1.15pm BST Speakers: Louise Wilson and Nicola Golding (both Met Office) Chairs: Jason Lowe (Met Office) and Chris Hewitt (Met Office and University of Southern Queensland)...

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CROP-NET: Monitoring and predicting the effects of climate change on crop yields (webinar)

CROP-NET: Monitoring and predicting the effects of climate change on crop yields (webinar)

UK Climate Resilience Programme Webinar Series 2021 Date: 16 June, 12.30-1.30pm BST Speakers: Richard Pywell (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology); Julian Gold, Farm Manager, Hendred Estate, Oxfordshire Chair: Kate Lonsdale See links to a video of...

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MAGIC events on water resilience

MAGIC events on water resilience

The UKCR Mobilising Adaptation: Governance of Infrastructure through Co-Production (MAGIC) project is hosting two upcoming webinars about water resilience. The two events, known as MAGIC Occassional Meetings (MOMS), are open to all and will focus...

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UKCR takes part in Climate Exp0’s Adaptation and Resilience Day

UKCR takes part in Climate Exp0’s Adaptation and Resilience Day

Thursday 20 May 2021 is Adaptation and Resilience Day at Climate Exp0, the first conference organised by the COP26 Universities Network and the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS) working together to raise ambition for tangible outcomes from...

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