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Specific institutional arrangements 5.29 100
The land use planning system 5.33 100
Lessons from the exemplars 5.38 101
Resources to build capacity 5.47 103
The importance of leadership and cultural change 5.48 103
Increasing knowledge and skills 5.53 104
Ensuring resources are available 5.58 105
Equity 5.60 105
Public engagement 5.71 107
The Adaptation Sub-Committee 5.80 109
Conclusion 5.82 110
References 113
Appendices
A: Announcement of the study and invitation to submit evidence 128
B: Conduct of the study 141
C: Seminars and workshops held in support of the study 148
D: Members of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 151
Abbreviations 157
Index 160
Figures
Figure 2-I Global average near-surface temperatures 1850-2006 7
Figure 2-II Projected changes to winter and summer seasonal mean temperature
for the 2080s 15
Figure 2-III Projected changes to annual, winter and summer mean precipitation
for the 2080s 16
Figure 2-IV Change in observed temperature over Western Europe over a
200-year period 19
Figure 2-V Aerial views of Hesketh Out Marsh before and after managed realignment 28
Figure 3-I Governance structure for the Adapting to Climate Change (ACC) Programme 37
Figure 3-II Work streams in the Adapting to Climate Change (ACC) Programme 38
Figure 3-III Climate change impacts and risks identified by Government departments 39
Figure 3-IV Summary of Defra’s findings for selecting who will be asked to report
on progress towards adaptation under the Climate Change Act 2008 42
Figure 3-V Network diagram illustrating the complexity of the current organisation of
institutions relevant to the water sector for England and Wales 53
Figure 3-VI The Thames Barrier – one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world 55
Figure 3-VII Evidence of cliff erosion at the site of the old lifeboat launch along the
coast from Happisburgh 59
Figure 3-VIII Overview of institutional arrangements for delivering conservation
management in the UK 62
Figure 4-I Schematic representation of the different levels of understanding of risk,
and example of approaches for decision making with different dimensions
of uncertainty 67
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