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Adaptation

Information relating to actions taken to adapt to the consequences of climate change, including tree planting and efficient use of water.
Updated: August 09, 2023

Dashboards

Dashboards about the different indicators of climate change
Updated: October 25, 2022

Climate and weather

Information about the UK’s climate and weather, including temperature, rainfall and growing season.
Updated: June 23, 2023

Emissions

Information about greenhouse gas emissions including carbon dioxide (CO2) and other atmospheric emissions.
Updated: July 26, 2023

Drivers

Information relating to the human causes of climate change, such as fossil fuel use.
Updated: July 13, 2023

Impacts

Information about the impacts of climate change on human and natural systems.
Updated: August 09, 2023

Mitigation

Information about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including renewable and low-carbon energy consumption.
Updated: August 14, 2023

Measuring UK greenhouse gas emissions

The UK is required to report its estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a range of different bases (territorial, residence and footprint) to fulfil a wide range of international agreements as well as for domestic policy making purposes. The three key official measures of UK GHG emissions, territorial, residence and footprint, are explored and defined below.
Updated: October 31, 2022

The UK’s climate is changing. What is driving this? How is the UK responding?

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body providing science-led comprehensive assessments of climate change science, found that climate change is already happening, with global surface temperatures between 2001 and 2020 around 1°C higher than during 1850 to 1900, and that this is having effects across the world and in the UK including making extreme weather events more likely.
Updated: December 14, 2022

Overview Data

The queries that drive the overview tiles on the front page
Updated: June 27, 2023

Images

Updated: January 10, 2023