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People-environment interactions within nature-based solutions (NBS) are not well understood. As an asset NBS includes both natural capital and human-centred capital. NBS also exist as a system with which people can interact. .

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.

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

The River Severn Partnership is a cross-sector collaboration that takes a ‘systems-based approach’ to managing the river network to enhance regional wellbeing and prosperity.

This item appeared originally as a News item on Sevent Trent Water's website in 2017 Severn Trent Water's work to...

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...

People-environment interactions within nature-based solutions (NBS) are not well understood. As an asset NBS includes both natural capital and human-centred capital. NBS also exist as a system with which people can interact. .

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

The aim of this work from the CS-NOW project was to build an understanding of the co-benefits and tradeoffs between climate mitigation and adaptation in the United Kingdom (UK) to inform the Government’s efforts to promote decarbonisation and resilience. Knowledge of co-benefits and trade-offs will aid the Government’s identification of no/low regret actions.

This paper advances the conceptual understanding of maladaptation and proposes a systematic, practical framework for identifying and preventing maladaptation risks in climate change adaptation at early planning stages.

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.

The UK Government’s Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework outlines a strategic approach to building national resilience in the face of climate change. Emphasising collaboration across research, policy, and industry, the framework identifies priority areas such as nature-based solutions, infrastructure resilience, and climate data integration.

The toolkit is intended to provide a supportive framework to enable local authorities to develop their risk assessments and adaptation pathways.

Climate Just is a free webtool for public service providers designed to: identify who is vulnerable to climate change and fuel poverty and why, highlight neighbourhoods where climate disadvantage is highest, explain the factors involved and help you decide what actions to take.

The article discusses the importance of improving soil health monitoring to support nature-based solutions in the UK.

Discover the Met Office's Local Authority Climate Service (LACS) tool that help UK Local Authorities and others understand climate risks and build resilience. Access local Climate Reports, explore the Climate Explorer, and find guidance on assessing risks and taking action to adapt to climate change.

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

The River Severn Partnership is a cross-sector collaboration that takes a ‘systems-based approach’ to managing the river network to enhance regional wellbeing and prosperity.

This item appeared originally as a News item on Sevent Trent Water's website in 2017 Severn Trent Water's work to...

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 case study explores the climate change adaptation initiative at Alice Holt Forest in southeast England, a project co-developed by Forest Research and Forestry England.

This case study examines the Resilient Roch project, a pioneering initiative in Rochdale, England, funded by the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme (FCIP). The project addresses the interconnected climate and housing challenges faced by disadvantaged communities, whose poor-quality homes are often vulnerable to both flooding and energy inefficiency.

Essex County Council (ECC), in partnership with Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals, initiated the SPONGE 2020 project to retrofit the Basildon Hospital courtyard with a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS).

This case study examines the Cambridge Canopy Project, an initiative by Cambridge City Council to increase the city's tree canopy cover from 17% to 19% by the 2050s.

The Future Coast Bude project will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.

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

The River Severn Partnership is a cross-sector collaboration that takes a ‘systems-based approach’ to managing the river network to enhance regional wellbeing and prosperity.

The toolkit is intended to provide a supportive framework to enable local authorities to develop their risk assessments and adaptation pathways.

Climate Just is a free webtool for public service providers designed to: identify who is vulnerable to climate change and fuel poverty and why, highlight neighbourhoods where climate disadvantage is highest, explain the factors involved and help you decide what actions to take.

Discover the Met Office's Local Authority Climate Service (LACS) tool that help UK Local Authorities and others understand climate risks and build resilience. Access local Climate Reports, explore the Climate Explorer, and find guidance on assessing risks and taking action to adapt to climate change.

Use this tool to see what the scientific research is saying about - How local climates will change? What health and community impacts may occur as a result? Who will be most vulnerable and why? Which adaptations to consider ?

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?

A project to develop adaptation capability within the NHS was carried out in 2024 by two independent organisations in the UK and three NHS organisations in the north of England. This article provides an overview of the project as a whole and what it hopes to achieve.

This article provides an introduction to writing a climate change adaptation plan and reporting on adaptation in the NHS as context for two documents that can be found in the resource section: a downloadable Adaptation Plan Template, and a guide for including adaptation in your Green Plan and other regulatory guidance related to adaptation in the NHS.

This joint project has contributed to strengthening local capacity and advocated for/integrated the concerns and strengths of LGBTIQ+ partners into local and national policies.