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The MACC Hub supports place-based climate adaptation projects across the UK. Ten projects have now been awarded funding to address local climate risks and deliver practical, scalable solutions.

Climate change is reshaping daily life, yet adaptation often remains incremental and technocratic. This piece explores why transformational approaches are needed, what capabilities they demand, and invites professionals to complete a survey that will guide new training approaches to address systemic vulnerability.

Saturday 14 November marked the halfway point of COP30; a moment for negotiators to step out of closed rooms and take stock as the Subsidiary Bodies wrapped up their work. The state of play for adaptation? Rocky at best.

On September 25, we reached an exciting milestone: the first-ever MACC Hub Conference, hosted by Verture, part of the Hub's Scotland Spoke. Over 200 people from across research, policy, and practice came together to share ideas, spark collaboration and turn climate adaptation from theory into real, practical action. Here’s a look back at the day: the highlights, the insights and where we’re heading next.

The MACC Hub supports place-based climate adaptation projects across the UK. Ten projects have now been awarded funding to address local climate risks and deliver practical, scalable solutions.

This Carbon Brief guest post explores whether climate change is making UK droughts worse, examining evidence, key findings, and future water risks.

The Scottish National Adaptation Plan 3 (SNAP3) outlines actions to build climate resilience in Scotland over the next five years (2024-2029).

This report looks at the overall global, UK, Scottish and regional estimates of the current and future costs of climate change, as well as the specific cost estimates for Scotland of each climate impact.

The Scottish Government’s Environment Strategy outlines a 2045 vision to restore nature and guide Scotland’s transition to a “net-zero, nature-positive society.”

This research examines the progress made by the public sector in Scotland from risk assessment to adaptation planning and implementation as noted in “Is Scotland climate ready? – 2022 Report to Scottish Parliament”.

The Climate Change Committee's 2023 assessment of Scotland's adaptation progress finds good governance and ambition undermined by a significant implementation gap, with actions not happening at the required scale or pace.

Want to understand how climate change might play out in a local area and how to support them to design their future place with climate in mind?

Big picture workshop. Credit: Sniffer, 2023. © Crown copyright Summary Communities and organisations involved in addressing flooding shared their lived...

Baseline analysis of 20-minute neighbourhoods in Scotland: assessing service access, walkability, and recommendations for policy and delivery.

This item was originally published as a Story on the Creative Climate Futures page of Verture's website on 28 May...

This Story gives an update on the Carbon Neutral Islands project funded by the Scottish Government.

This case study is a summary version of the original text, which can be downloaded from the right-hand column. It...

Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland is using transformative analysis service that applies the increasingly popular 3+30+300 research rule to assess residents’ access and proximity to trees and green spaces.

Learn about the Highland Adapts partnership, which was set up in 2021 and brings communities, businesses, land managers and public sector together to facilitate transformational action towards a prosperous, climate ready Highland.

Big picture workshop. Credit: Sniffer, 2023. © Crown copyright Summary Communities and organisations involved in addressing flooding shared their lived...

The Scottish National Adaptation Plan 3 (SNAP3) outlines actions to build climate resilience in Scotland over the next five years (2024-2029).

Want to understand how climate change might play out in a local area and how to support them to design their future place with climate in mind?