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Index
framing challenge/response continued
‘short-termism’ 4.64–4.65
frost, days of Box 2A
Future flooding (Office of Science and
Technology) 3.77
Future water (Defra) 3.59
GHG see greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Global Circulation Models (GCMs) 2.8, 2.21,
Box 2C
global warming
average near-surface temperatures
1850–2006 Figure 2–I
current rate of 1.11, 2.10
data on 2.9
man-made causes of 2.10
predictions about 2.12, 2.30
see also temperatures
Government, defined 3.4
government(s), defined 3.4
Greater London Authority Act 2007 3.7, 5.21
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 1.11, 2.10,
2.15, 2.18, Box 2B, Box 2C
habitats Appendix A2
change/loss of 2.63, 2.99–2.101
coastal areas 2.74, 2.82, 2.100, Figure 2–V
wetlands 2.101
climate envelopes 2.83–2.91
connectivity of Appendix A2
vs. livelihoods 3.90
see also biodiversity; Habitats Directive (EU)
1992; nature conservation
Habitats Directive (EU) 1992 1.10, 2.100, 3.46,
3.100–3.102, 4.55, Box 4D, 5.42
Hampshire County Council Box 3B, Box 4C, 5.73
Happisburgh, coastal erosion at 2.76, 3.88,
Figure 3–VII, 4.29–4.30
Heat-Health Watch system 2.13
heatwaves 2.12–2.13
of 2003 2.6, 2.37
Hesketh Out Marsh Figure 2–V
Human Rights Act 1998 Box 4G
hydrological cycle 2.14, 2.41–2.42, 2.101
impact threshold Appendix A2
164
impacts Box 4B, Appendix A2
of current UK weather 2.5–2.7
by Government department Figure 3–III
implementing adaptation 4.43–4.44, 4.71–4.99,
Figure 4–II
co-ordination of actors 4.86–4.89, Box 4F
costs, distribution of 4.92–4.99, Box 4G
enabling mechanisms 4.75–4.78
public engagement 4.79–4.85
resources 4.90–4.91
up-scaling initiatives 4.73–4.74, Box 4E
indicators, adaptive capacity 5.25–5.28
inertia Appendix A2
information
generating/sharing 4.106–4.112, 5.52, 5.57,
5.75
using 4.113–4.114, 5.56
see also knowledge
infrastructure 1.5
coastal 2.73, 2.76, 2.100
energy 3.44
flaws in current 1.14, 2.7
investment 5.17
lock-in 4.27
nationally significant 3.42–3.44
resiliency required 2.37
time frames 4.65
Infrastructure Planning Commission
(IPC) 3.18, 3.43–3.44, 5.37
innovation 4.117–4.118, Box 4E
institutional arrangements 1.10, 2.37, 3.45–3.47
coastal erosion/inundation
management 3.72–3.94
complexity of 4.16–4.17, 5.30
cooperative initiatives 5.32, 5.44–5.46
flood management 3.61–3.71, Box 3E
key missions and cc response 4.54–4.55
land use planning system 5.33–5.37
missions/objectives 5.39–5.40
nature conservation and biodiversity
3.95–3.108, Figure 3–VIII
shortcomings of current system 5.38–5.46
water management 3.48–3.49
water quality 3.50–3.54, Box 3C, Box 3D