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SW Climate Change Impact Scoping Study

Warming to the idea....
Meeting the challenge of climate change in the South West

This Scoping Study (January 2003) has been initiated and supported by the South West Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SWCCIP), a group of key stakeholders in the South West Region. 

The study recognises the importance of the mitigation of climate change (reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases) as part of a wider sustainability agenda. Nevertheless, the explicit focus of this study is on adapting to the potential impacts of climate change.

The study forms part of the series of regional Scoping Studies undertaken across the United Kingdom under the auspices of the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP). The SW's report "Warming to the idea" was launched at special events (sponsored by the Environment Agency and the Government Office for the South West) that were held in Bristol and Plymouth in January 2003.

For further information on the South West Climate Change Partnership or hard copies of any chapters of the technical report if you encounter difficulty downloading, please contact the SWCCIP direct (contact details on the SWCCIP Home Page).

Note (December 2005) regarding estimates of net sea-level change for the UK: UKCIP has updated data from the UKCIP02 Scientific Report that provides estimates of regional net sea-level change. This has been made possible due to changes to the calculation of UK regional land movement rates. A map showing estimated net sea-level changes for the UK coast for the two most extreme UKCIP02 scenarios is now available.” The pdf can be downloaded at www.ukcip.org.uk/news_dets.asp?news_id=44.

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South West
Climate Change Impacts Partnership

To open each Chapter, click on the links below:
Note. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine in order to read these pdf files. Click here to download this free software:- ADOBE. If you encounter difficulties opening pdf files on your PC (e.g. a blank screen appears), right click on the link, select "Save Target As...." and save file onto your PC from where you should be able to open it without further difficulties.

SUMMARY REPORT ( - for TECHNICAL REPORT see below )

Click on links to open each file (pdf):-

1. Introduction & Key Messages

2.
Our Changing Climate

3. Our Natural Environment

4. Our Society & Infrastructure

5. Our Economy

6. Our Local Authorities, the way forward and summary tables

 

TECHNICAL REPORT   

Click on links below to open each file (pdf). NOTE: To find the particular subject that you are interested in, it is recommended that you look at pages 5 and 6 of the Executive Summary & Contents to see the detailed contents list of this report.

Executive Summary & Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction (Background, Definitions, Aims and Objectives, Context, Scope, etc)

Chapter 2 Other research etc on climate change impacts

Chapter 3 Climate Change Scenarios for Planet Earth

Chapter 4 The South West Region

Chapter 5 Climate in the South West

Chapter 6 Natural Environment Domains

Chapter 7 Society and Infrastructure Domains

Chapter 8 Business Domains

Chapter 9 Local Authority Domains

Chapter 10 Cross-Sectoral Impact Domains

Chapter 11 Summary of Findings

Chapter 12 Recommendations

Chapter 13 Priorities for Future Research

Chapter 14 Conclusions

   Annex 1 - Glossary of Terms

   Annex 2 - Methodology

   Annex 3 - Bibliography

   Annex 4 - List of Respondents

   Annex 5 - Questionnaire



South West
Climate Change Impacts Partnership


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