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.

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.

See the key findings from the Climate Change Committee’s 2025 assessment of England’s inadequate climate adaptation progress.

This 2023 CCC report assesses Northern Ireland’s climate adaptation progress, highlighting major data gaps, underdeveloped planning, and providing key recommendations for the next adaptation programme.

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 Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) first assessment of progress in delivering the current adaptation plan up to May 2023 of Prosperity for All: A Climate Conscious Wales (PfACCW)

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