UK Government has launched new 4-year research programme, ‘Climate Services for a Net Zero Resilient World’, enhancing UK’s resilience to the impacts of climate change vide Press release dated 07.08.2021.
Key features of the programme are:
- The research programme will help the UK adapt and form strategy to prepare for and protect against the impacts of climate change, such as heatwaves, flooding and extreme storms. It could be a key step for government to reach net zero emissions by the middle of this century.
- Providing high-quality scientific research and analysis, the research programme will help inform future climate policy
- The Programme will be led by a consortium of some of the leading authorities in environmental science such as University College London and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
- It will help UK in ensuring its ability to respond to the impacts a warming planet will have on national infrastructure. This includes heat waves causing record temperatures in buildings, extreme weather damage to power stations and electricity networks, and flooding impacting our communities.
- It will also engage with local authorities on local climate action plans, by creating awareness on how to help households cope with extreme temperatures and helping them to identify low-cost, low-carbon measures.
- The programme also seeks to cut down emissions around the world. For such purpose, the scheme will also provide models for how the UK can reduce carbon emissions globally.
*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.