Policy paper
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017
Government report setting out the 6 priority risk areas requiring further action in the UK over the next 5 years.
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This report outlines the UK and Devolved Governments鈥� views on the key climate change risks and opportunities that the UK faces.
The report endorses the six priority risk areas identified in the :
- from flooding and coastal change
- to health and well-being from high temperatures
- due to water shortages
- to natural capital
- to food production and trade
- from pests and diseases and invasive non-native species
The first UK climate change risk assessment, together with its supporting evidence report, was published in January 2012.
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Published 18 January 2017