Welcome to the LCCP May newsletter, which combines April and May content. Our major news for this month is that we are now able to announce the new chair and deputy chair of the LCCP, see item 1 below. This has also been a big month for one of our partners, the Environment Agency, who … Read more
LCCP partner, the Environment Agency launched their 10 year update to the world leading Thames Estuary 2100 plan at City Hall on Wednesday 17th May. The plan sets out how the Environment Agency and partners can manage the risk of tidal flooding along the Thames. The plan is fully adaptive whcih means it has built … Read more
News and launches CCC adaptation progress report to Government 2023 The report is highly critical of government and its National Adaptation Programme – calling the latest iteration, NAP 2, not good enough, ineffective, partial and lacking ambition. DEFRA are working now on the next iteration NAP3 which is due out in June and I’m … Read more
General News Items The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy had strong words for the government in terms of their state or preparedness and planning for the impacts of climate change. Call for Government to “get a grip” on climate change impacts – Committees – UK Parliament COP update from ECIU – COP27 – ECIU … Read more