Recommendation 23

The Government’s review of the CCA recognised the need for greater clarity on the roles and responsibilities of LRFs. We recommend that the Government oversees a programme of ‘exercises’ to plan for major regional extreme weather events with multiple cascading effects. It should involve local and regional actors in these exercises, including key CNI operators, and use them to clarify and communicate roles and responsibilities at a national, regional and local level. When it responds to this report, the Government should also outline, in confidence if necessary, its plans for CNI- related exercises involving local actors. If necessary, we will follow up with LRFs in six months’ time, to establish whether such a programme is underway. (Paragraph 109) Funding climate adaptation and resilience