Mapping climate risks to the UK's overseas trade footprint

Description

The CCC's Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk identifies a large number of risks to the UK for which there is a good case for doing more to address these risks over the coming five years as part of the UK Government's next National Adaptation Programme for England. These risks include those from changes in the UK's weather and climate, and also changes from weather and climate overseas that have knock-on impacts on the UK from through global interconnectivity. One of the most significant mechanisms by which the UK is exposed to global climate risks is through international trade. The CCC's 2021 progress report for England highlighted scored the planning for supply chain interruptions as medium, but the risk management in this area as low. Increasing the level of adaptation action within these areas, in particular with regard to supply chain risks that sit outside of the UK, can be supported by a more in-depth understanding of the sectors and geographies the UK is exposed to along its supply chains coupled together with the types of weather and climate risks that those regions face today and in the future. **** Please see specification for more detail ****