Select Committee · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Critical national infrastructure and climate adaptation

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Nov 2021 Closed: 12 Jun 2023 1 report

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) is examining critical national infrastructure (CNI) and climate adaptation. The inquiry is considering the resilience of UK CNI to the effects of climate change, which is predicted to result in an increase in extreme weather events such as flooding, droughts, wildfires and heatwaves, as well as …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
First Report - Readiness for storms ahead? Critical nationa…	HC 132	27 Oct 2022	0	Responded

Oral evidence sessions

6 sessions

Date	Witnesses
18 Jul 2022	Greg Hands MP · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Mark Prouse · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Robert Mason · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Roger Hargreaves · Cabinet Office, Steve Double MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	View ↗
13 Jun 2022	Professor Lenny Koh · University of Sheffield, Professor Tim Benton · Chatham House, Rear Admiral (retd) Professor Neil Morisetti, former UK Govt Special Representative for Climate Change · UCL	View ↗
21 Mar 2022	David Wright · National Grid Group, Jim Dempsey · BT Plc, Martin Frobisher · Network Rail, Nevil Muncaster · Thames Water	View ↗
28 Feb 2022	Andria Gilmour · Office for Nuclear Regulation, Dr Charlotte Ramsay · Ofgem, Emma Howard Boyd · Environment Agency, Steve Fletcher · Office of Rail and Road	View ↗
17 Jan 2022	John Hetherington, Head of London Resilience, Professor Jim Hall · National Infrastructure Commission, Stuart Marshall · Cleveland Local Resilience Forum	View ↗
13 Dec 2021	Dr Swenja Surminski · Adaptation Committee, Dr Will Lang · Met Office, Professor Richard Dawson · Climate Change Committee, Sir John Armitt · National Infrastructure Commission	View ↗