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Abbreviations<br />

ACC <strong>Adapting</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> Programme (a cross-departmental<br />

co-ordination programme)<br />

ASC Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> (established by the<br />

<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> Act 2008)<br />

ASSI Area of Special Scientific Interest (Northern Ireland)<br />

BES British Ecological Society<br />

Branch Biodiversity Requires Adaptation in Northwest Europe under a Changing<br />

<strong>Climate</strong> project<br />

CAP Common Agricultural Policy<br />

CBA cost–benefit analysis<br />

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity<br />

CCW Countryside Council for Wales<br />

CEH Centre for Ecology & Hydrology<br />

CFP Common Fisheries Policy<br />

CLG Department for Communities and Local Government<br />

CSF catchment sensitive farming<br />

DASH Board <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> and Energy Delivery and Strategy High-level Board (responsible for<br />

delivery of Government’s climate change and energy objectives)<br />

Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<br />

DECC Department of Energy and <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong><br />

EA Environment Agency<br />

ED(EE) Cabinet Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy<br />

ESPACE European Spatial Planning: <strong>Adapting</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> Events<br />

EU European Union<br />

GCM Global Circulation Model<br />

GHG greenhouse gas<br />

GLA Greater London Authority<br />

GMT Greenwich Mean Time<br />

HCC Hampshire County Council<br />

ICZM integrated coastal zone management<br />

IPC Infrastructure Planning Commission<br />

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong><br />

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