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Local and Regional Impacts and Projects
SE Regional Flood Risk Appraisal
Tomorrow’s Kent: The impacts of climate change on Kent and its countryside
Kent Climate Change Forum
Science and Research
UKCP09:
UKCP09 Helpdesk If you need help with any aspect of UKCP09 then you can log a query with the UKPC09 Helpdesk using this form. You can also use the form to give feedback on the UK Climate Projections.
UKCP09 website online guidance The UKCP09 online guidance is a reference guide to the use of UKCP09. There is a vast amount of information and guidance available on all the UKCP09 data sources and outputs. You may find the following sections of particular interest:
FAQs There are over a 100 FAQs available on all aspects of UKCP09. These are real questions that have been asked by Users and can be searched by keyword.
Case Studies In order to provide some context to using UKCP09, case studies are being developed in collaboration with a number of users. We hope that the case studies will give other users valuable insight into how UKCP09 can be used.
Briefing report This report provides a summary of the 2009 UK Climate Projections, consolidating for the general reader the scientific reports describing the methodology and some key projections of future climate change for the UK over the 21st century.
Moodle e-learning resources Here you will find a range of resources that will help you in using the UK Climate Projections and the User interface:
Guided exercises: This booklet provides a series of guided exercises that shows you how to build a number of requests using the User Interface. It also provides you with a series of case studies that you can use to test your understanding of using the User Interface and how the data can be used in conjunction with other UKCP09 tools.
UKCIP Webinar: This recorded webinar gives an overview of the key developments of UKCP09 and some of the issues that need consideration when using the new UK Climate Projections.
Podcasts: There are a range of audio and video presentations given at the launch event of UKCP09 to an audience in Oxford. The podcasts cover a range of information ranging from technical issues, practical application on interrogating data and considerations of future developments of the projections.
UKCP09 Online forum: This online discussion group provides an open forum for people to discuss aspects of using UKCP09 with specific areas on the use of the weather generator and the marine projections
User Interface Manual The User Interface manual will assist you in building requests and producing meaningful outputs.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
MSc in Climate Change and Risk Management, University of Exeter
New Scientist Environment Pages
Regional Climate Change Partnerships
South West Climate Change Impacts Partnership
London Climate Change Partnership
Sustainability East
East Midlands Climate Change Steering Group
Climate North East
Northwest Climate Change Partnership
Northern Ireland Partnership
Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership
Wales Climate Change Commission
West Midlands Climate Change Partnership
Yorkshire & Humber Regional Partnership
Government
Environment Agency
Committee on Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Office of Climate Change (OCC)
Defra Climate Change Pages- including adaptation
Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR)
Sustainable Development Commission
Support to Business and Public Bodies
Climate Prepared: an interactive web tool for tourism businesses
CarbonTrust
Energy SavingTrust
Association of British Insurers
The Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change
Business Link
British Chambers of Commerce Environment page
South East Forum For Sustainability
South East England Biodiversity Forum
South East Sustainable Energy Partnership
Local Government Association (New: Guidance Notes on NI 188)
Public Support and Advice
Climate South East does not provide a public advice service, but there are lots of sources of information and help that you can try.
If you are have an energy related question, contact your Energy Saving Trust local advice centre.
To find out if you are in a flood risk area, how to prepare and how to receive flood warnings, visit the Environment Agency flood pages
To find out how to save water, visit the Environment Agency water resources pages
To find and contact your local council visit DirectGov
To calculate your carbon footprint and find out how you can reduce it, visit ActOnCO2
The National Energy Foundation runs Sustainable Energy Training Courses. Find out more here.
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