Climate Change Committee

This CS-NOW project built 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 (i.e. actions with little or no trade-offs for either adaptation or mitigation outcomes).

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.

Explore the Climate Change Committee's call for evidence to support the UK’s fourth Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4), outlining key adaptation priorities, strategic frameworks, and sector-specific actions for building a resilient, well-adapted UK.

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.