Climate Change Committee set out risks from climate change to UK businesses

Earlier this month the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published the third Independent Assessment of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3).

The assessment sets out the risks from climate change to the UK’s people, infrastructure, natural environment, and businesses.

To accompany the assessment, Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) prepared a series of sector and themed briefings which can be found on the UK Climate Risk website.

A summary of risks to England advised that of 61 risks and opportunities, more action is needed to address 34 of them.

SWM is responding to the publication of CCRA3 by working in collaboration with the Environment Agency to produce a West Midlands version of the climate risk assessment and a high-level adaptation action plan. The plan is due to be published later this year.