MACC Hub Webinar Series

Background

The MACC Hub is running a fascinating webinar series that brings together a diverse and impressive line up of speakers from the realms of research, policy, and practice. Each session dives into important topics surrounding transformational adaptation, climate resilience, and the need to bridge knowledge gaps in adaptation across the four nations of the UK. These webinars align perfectly with the MACC Hub’s goal of creating a science-policy connection that drives real, localized responses to climate challenges. Whether it’s sharing valuable insights from MACC-funded projects or encouraging discussions across different sectors, this series serves as a vibrant platform for exchanging knowledge, learning, and collaborative thinking to aid the UK’s journey toward adaptation.

Upcoming webinars

#3 Visions for a well-adapted UK (Sep 18, 2025; 12:00-13:00 BST)

Join us for MACC Hub’s next webinar as we explore the urgent need for a shared vision of climate adaptation in the UK. Speakers from across the four nations will offer short reflections to spark discussion, challenge assumptions and explore how we can shape a more inclusive and resilient future together.

Past Webinars

#2 Improving the way we engage with vulnerability as a pathway to transformational adaptation

In the second session of the MACC Hub webinar series—Improving the Way We Engage with Vulnerability as a Pathway to Transformational Adaptation—a diverse panel of experts from academia, advocacy, and policy convene to critically examine how “vulnerability” is framed within climate research, policy, and practice. The webinar features Professor Kate Brown (University of York), whose work interrogates vulnerability in welfare and exploitation; Satwat Rehman, CEO of One Parent Families Scotland and Co-Chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission, bringing deep experience in equitable and inclusive policy-making; Poppy Ellis Logan (King’s College London), whose research focuses on disability-inclusive disaster planning; and Jacqueline O’Hagan, Healthy City Coordinator at Belfast Healthy Cities, contributing insights into urban health dynamics. Together, these speakers explore who defines vulnerability, the consequences of these definitions, and how reframing the discourse is urgent for advancing climate justice.

#1 Contributing to the Well Adapted UK Report (WAUK) – Evidence Call from the CCC

This webinar, hosted in collaboration with the Climate Change Committee (CCC), brought together researchers and practitioners to engage with the UK’s climate adaptation agenda and contribute to the upcoming Well Adapted UK report, part of the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4-IA). Speakers Katy Peat (Defra) and Caitlin Douglas (CCC) outlined the current evidence call and the strategic direction for building national climate resilience. The session offered valuable insights into shaping adaptation policy and highlighted the MACC Hub’s role in fostering cross-sector collaboration.