Recommendation 9

We welcome the development of the Cabinet Office’s ‘National Situation Centre’ (SitCen), which gathers and generates real-time data to inform the Government’s crisis and emergency response work—including on weather patterns. We recommend, however, that the Government explores the potential for SitCen to generate longer- term climate data and analysis for CNI operators, to inform their climate adaptation planning efforts. This should be drawn from a wide range of sources, in light of the Readiness for storms ahead? Critical national infrastructure in an age of climate change 51 significant uncertainties inherent in longer-term climate modelling. In the context of an open market for climate services, in which vital infrastructure operators could be relying on suboptimal weather and climate reports, this could ensure that operators and regulators are working to the same, quality-assured assumptions. It could also enhance their ability to collaborate on addressing cascading risks and interdependencies. (Paragraph 46) Regulating CNI: resilience standards and stress testing