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Climate adaptation and emergency response

Status: Open Opened: 9 Sep 2025 9 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The UK is facing increasingly frequent and severe environmental and weather-related events, including storms, flooding, heatwaves and wildfires. These, and other weather and climate related events, pose growing risks to public health, infrastructure, food production, and the natural environment. The Climate Change Committee has reported that long-term economic output could fall by up to 7% …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
6th Report - Erosion of trust: the impact of coastal erosio… HC 1317 20 Mar 2026 15 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

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1 Conclusion 6th Report - Erosion of trust: the impa… Accepted

Coastal erosion and landslides have profound and far reaching consequences for individuals, families, and communities.

Coastal erosion and landslides have profound and far reaching consequences for individuals, families, and communities. While the physical loss of homes, buildings, and infrastructure is visible and measurable, the broader human and social impacts are equally severe but are not fully recognised. Impacts include harm to mental wellbeing, the deepening …

Government response. The government recognises the profound human impacts of coastal erosion, including those on health and wellbeing, stating this is why it reformed its flood and coastal erosion risk management funding policy in October 2025 to simplify rules and enable strategic …

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
23 Jun 2026 Henrietta Appleton · Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Phil Garrigan OBE KSFM · National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), Professor Emma Howard Boyd CBE · National Heat Risk Commission, Professor Sallie Bailey · Natural England, Richard Bailey · Peak District moorland group, Rob Gazzard MICFor MRICS · Forestry Commission View ↗
18 Nov 2025 Jaap Flikweert · Haskoning, Julie Foley · Environment Agency, Karen Thomas · East Suffolk Council, Natasha Dix · Isle of Wight Council, Richard Jackson · East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Rob Goodliffe · North Norfolk District Council View ↗

Correspondence

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17 Mar 2026 — Correspondence from Climate Vision Regarding the Debate: “Extreme Climate and W…