Environmental Audit Committee - Sixth Report
Adapting to Climate Change

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Background

Scope of this inquiry

2 The Government's response to the adaptation challenge

The Climate Change Act 2008 and the policy framework

The Government's adaptation objectives and assessing progress

Limits to adaptation

Providing evidence and advice on adaptation

Funding adaptation and assisting those worst affected by climate change

3 The risks to government objectives and its capacity to respond

The impact of climate change on departments' objectives and programmes

Departments' capacity to manage risks arising from climate change

Appraising adaptation actions and the Green Book

4 Adapting national infrastructure and the built environment

Adaptation of national infrastructure

The Reporting Power

Ensuring major infrastructure is adapted

Adaptation in regulated industries

Local authorities

The built environment

The local planning system

Green infrastructure

Adapting existing homes

5 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence - HC 113
1 December 2009
8 December 2009
5 January 2010
19 January 2010
26 January 2010
Written Evidence

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Prepared 25 March 2010