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UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)
Summary
The Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) is the first-ever comprehensive assessment of potential risks and opportunities for the UK arising from climate change. This ground-breaking research has been undertaken by an independent consortium funded by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Devolved Administrations, and led by independent research organisation HR Wallingford. The CCRA is a requirement under the Climate Change Act 2008 and puts the UK at the forefront of responding to climate change impacts.
CEP was a key member of the consortium which undertook the CCRA and we led the design and delivery of the extensive programme of stakeholder engagement which formed a key element of the research. CEP also provided expert input on social vulnerability to the assessment.
Stakeholder engagement
There were two overarching objectives of the stakeholder engagement undertaken as part of the CCRA: firstly, engagement was needed to provide much of the information and data for the risk assessment, this included information about non-climate considerations that influence decision-making, as well as information specifically about climate impacts; and secondly, engagement was used to encourage a sense of ownership of and buy-in to the CCRA approach, to ensure that its results can be used by stakeholder organisations to help develop or enhance their adaptive capacity.
In all, stakeholders contributed almost 2,500 hours to the CCRA (calculated on basis of attendance at workshops and online feedback) and shaped its direction and approach. CEP planned, facilitated and evaluated all of this engagement and build relationships with a number of networks relevant to climate change adaptation.
The outcomes of the CCRA will be a key element in helping the UK government to develop a National Adaptation Programme to address the greatest risks and opportunities posed by climate change. One of the significant advantages of the CCRA is that it considered climate impacts and consequences across a wide range of sectors within one framework, allowing risks to be compared consistently.
Social vulnerability
CEP also undertook a review of evidence on social vulnerability and climate change impacts as part of the work for the CCRA sector reports. The first stage involved developing a social vulnerability checklist and providing advice to sector leads on its application in the sector analysis. CEP also reviewed the findings from the use of the checklist. In the second phase, CEP carried out a review of evidence of social vulnerability to climate impacts, focusing on three main areas: heat, flooding and drought.
Further information
The duration of the CCRA project was March 2010 - Spring 2012. For more information please contact:
Clare Twigger-Ross (Technical Director) c.twigger-ross@cep.co.uk
Paula Orr (Principal Consultant) p.orr@cep.co.uk
The Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) is the first-ever comprehensive assessment of potential risks and opportunities for the UK arising from climate change. This ground-breaking research has been undertaken by an independent consortium funded by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Devolved Administrations, and led by independent research organisation HR Wallingford. The CCRA is a requirement under the Climate Change Act 2008 and puts the UK at the forefront of responding to climate change impacts.
CEP was a key member of the consortium which undertook the CCRA and we led the design and delivery of the extensive programme of stakeholder engagement which formed a key element of the research. CEP also provided expert input on social vulnerability to the assessment.
Stakeholder engagement
There were two overarching objectives of the stakeholder engagement undertaken as part of the CCRA: firstly, engagement was needed to provide much of the information and data for the risk assessment, this included information about non-climate considerations that influence decision-making, as well as information specifically about climate impacts; and secondly, engagement was used to encourage a sense of ownership of and buy-in to the CCRA approach, to ensure that its results can be used by stakeholder organisations to help develop or enhance their adaptive capacity.
In all, stakeholders contributed almost 2,500 hours to the CCRA (calculated on basis of attendance at workshops and online feedback) and shaped its direction and approach. CEP planned, facilitated and evaluated all of this engagement and build relationships with a number of networks relevant to climate change adaptation.
The outcomes of the CCRA will be a key element in helping the UK government to develop a National Adaptation Programme to address the greatest risks and opportunities posed by climate change. One of the significant advantages of the CCRA is that it considered climate impacts and consequences across a wide range of sectors within one framework, allowing risks to be compared consistently.
Social vulnerability
CEP also undertook a review of evidence on social vulnerability and climate change impacts as part of the work for the CCRA sector reports. The first stage involved developing a social vulnerability checklist and providing advice to sector leads on its application in the sector analysis. CEP also reviewed the findings from the use of the checklist. In the second phase, CEP carried out a review of evidence of social vulnerability to climate impacts, focusing on three main areas: heat, flooding and drought.
Further information
The duration of the CCRA project was March 2010 - Spring 2012. For more information please contact:
Clare Twigger-Ross (Technical Director) c.twigger-ross@cep.co.uk
Paula Orr (Principal Consultant) p.orr@cep.co.uk
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