Why think about how climate change will affect us now, when its effects wont be felt for many years?
The earlier you find out the likely impacts, the more options you have for adapting, including taking advantage of opportunities. This is particularly important when it comes to major investment decisions and decisions that may affect whole sectors, or communities. In addition, the sooner we take action to reduce emissions, the greater the chance of stabilising the climate. In adapting to climate change there is much potential for win-win and no regrets action. Back to TOP Isn’t the UK a winner in terms of climate change? If so, why worry so much? The UK will be warmer and this will certainly bring advantages. However, we are also likely to experience more extreme weather and we need to start planning now to deal with the consequences, such as additional flooding, drought and sea level rise. There are also likely to be serious implications for other parts of the world, for example, our trading partners, that will have effects for the UK. Its in our interest to be prepared. In addition
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