Worcestershire Climate Change Pledge

Action: Carry out an assessment of likely impacts of climate change on our organisation.

The impacts of climate change are already being felt throughout Worcestershire's economy, environment and society. Predicted further changes include: more frequent very hot summers, less frequent very cold winters, lower summer rainfall, higher winter rainfall, more frquent extreme weather events like storms and floods. For more information on the impacts of climate change in Worcestershire, click here.

Climate change may impact upon Worcestershire organisations in different ways, e.g.building damage due to flooding, storms or subsidence and increased associated insurance costs. Carrying out an assessment of these impacts enables organisations to put necessary adaptation measures in place.

To establish whether or not your organisation needs to adapt to climate change impacts, see Key Questions to Ask Yourself.  (25.00 KB)

The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) have developed an Adaptation Wizard to help organisations identify impacts and adaptation measures.

For an example of use of the Adaptation Wizard, see the Red Hill School, Worcester Case Study.

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