House of Commons - Climate change adaptation

Environmental Audit - Tenth Report
Climate change adaptation

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 4 March 2015.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

UK adaptation policy

Our inquiry

2 Emergency response

Civil Contingencies Act

Capabilities and resources

A flexible response

Conclusion

3 Flood defences

Investment plans

Somerset levels

Soft flood defences

Conclusions

4 Development and planning

Floodplain development

Flood Re

Surface water flooding and sustainable drainage

Local planning

The planning policy framework

Building standards

Conclusions

5 National infrastructure

Adapting new infrastructure

Adaptation of existing infrastructure

Interdependencies

Managing water demand

Conclusions

6 National Adaptation Programme

Top-down direction

A spatial NAP

Adaptation reporting power

Wider engagement

Conclusions

Published written evidence



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