Adaptation policies and planning
This topic covers public policies and planning for adaptation, and the decisions shaped by them in government at all levels. It is important to consider the knowledge used in these decisions, their consultation processes and legitimacy.
Cooling Fiveways – Community-Led Heat Resilience in Lambeth
Cooling Fiveways project set out to explore the effectiveness of heat advice, how social infrastructure can support residents and how cooling strategies work in real-life homes.
Glasgow City Region Climate Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan
The Glasgow City Region Climate Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan is a long-term adaptation project facilitated by Climate Ready Clyde to support and transform the sustainable future of the Region until 2030.
Climate change adaptation laws and policies: A review of trends, gaps and opportunities in 35 countries
This research provides trends in global climate change adaptation laws and policies over time through analysing 35 countries and establishes key developments and recommendations for policy.
Fourth National Adaptation Programme: Strengthening the UK’s approach to climate adaptation
Join our event with King's Climate & Sustainability on the Fourth National Adaptation Programme (NAP4), at King’s College London. We'll be exploring how the UK can strengthen its approach to climate adaptation. Bringing together policy, research and practice, the session will examine key challenges and opportunities for building climate resilience and shaping effective, inclusive adaptation strategies across the UK.
Integrating power, justice and reflexivity into transformative climate change adaptation
The paper argues that achieving transformative adaptation requires centering justice by addressing power imbalances, valuing diverse knowledges, fostering grassroots agency, and embracing uncertainty and learning.
Adaptation CoP: Lived experience as (adaptation) expertise
Join this session to explore the value of epistemic justice, or questions of 'who gets to be a knower', why it is important, and the opportunities it offers for thinking through just climate adaptation
CCC: England’s approach to climate adaptation is ‘not working’
Climate Change Committee (CCC)'s latest report states that the current approach to adaptation in England is “not working” and requires “urgent strengthening” across flood defences, heat-wave planning, health services and infrastructure.
European Climate Change Adaptation 2025
The 7th biennial European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA2025) will be held from June 16-18, 2025, in Rimini, Italy to to share adaptation implementation experiences, cutting-edge research, and to foster collaboration.
TCX-York: Organising for Transformation
June 25–27, 2025
Join the Transformations Community in York to explore how to organise more effectively to support transformational and systemic change.