Vulnerable group climate resilience
Failure to adequately engage communities and vulnerable groups to understand their disproportionate risks from extreme weather events.
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Committee recommendation
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#35 - Property Flood Resilience remains inaccessible, deepening inequalities and leaving communities vulnerable.
Flood resilience is not only about individual protection but about sustaining communities, businesses, and housing markets. Property Flood Resilience (PFR) must be mainstreamed as a core part of flood recovery, rather than treated as an optional add-on. Without reform, PFR will remain inaccessible to those who need it most, deepening inequalities and 66 leaving households and businesses vulnerable...
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terms: resilience, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
87match
#19 - ODA resourcing decisions must prioritise greatest need in fragile and climate-vulnerable states.
In the coming years, the greatest need will be in fragile and conflict- affected states, and states most vulnerable to climate change. Working in partnership to address these needs mutually benefits the affected countries and the UK. The empowerment and equipping of these states, and their civil society organisations, should be central to the FCDO’s approach. Resourcing decisions...
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terms: climate, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
86match
#12 - 2nd Report – UK International Climate Finance: Sustaining Commitments and Impact Amid a Shrinking Aid Budget
We urge the government to set geographic targets for the UK’s limited, highly concessional ICF resources to avoid deepening climate-vulnerable countries’ debt distress. Specifically, for LDCs, SIDS, LICs and other highly fragile countries, it should set a minimum share of the UK’s grant- based public ICF, to meet countries’ non-revenue generating needs, such as resilience building and adaptation....
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terms: climate, resilience, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
85match
#37 - Flood insurance system is inadequate, threatening household stability and market access without reform.
Flood insurance is not just a financial product but a cornerstone of household and market stability. Without reform, growing risk and the eventual withdrawal of Flood Re will leave vulnerable households uninsured, businesses exposed, and communities at risk of economic decline. Uninsurable or repeatedly flooded properties risk becoming unmortgageable, depressing local housing markets and trapping families in unsellable...
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terms: climate, resilience, vulnerable
NAO recommendation
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Government resilience: extreme weather
LGDs, working with the Cabinet Office, should develop a set of resilience standards for infrastructure and give regulators consistent climate resilience roles. Government has already committed to improve standards for resilience by 2030. It should set out a pathway to deliver these standards. Giving regulators consistent roles would enable greater coordination across regulators to improve resilience across sectors.
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terms: climate, resilience
Committee recommendation
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#47 - 1st Report - New Towns: Commit and Build
We heard how new towns could benefit from new technologies that will make the electricity supply more resilient. 73 Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive of the Energy Networks Association, mentioned the use of batteries at a community level as a way of making electricity supply more resilient. 74 New towns present an opportunity to design communities that exhibit resilience...
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terms: climate, resilience, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
74match
#14 - 2nd Report – UK International Climate Finance: Sustaining Commitments and Impact Amid a Shrinking Aid Budget
The government should ensure that it maintains sufficient focus on scaling up the quality and volume of financing for the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries throughout ICF4. We therefore urge the government to establish a high-minimum share of the UK’s public ICF for adaptation finance. To drive data transparency, the government should report annually against this target through...
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terms: climate, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
74match
#11 - 2nd Report – UK International Climate Finance: Sustaining Commitments and Impact Amid a Shrinking Aid Budget
Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Low-Income Countries (LICs) are among the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change and are the least responsible for causing it. These countries’ high exposure to climate change impacts partly stems from a combination of characteristics, for example their limited financial capacity, and a ICF architecture predicated...
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terms: climate, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
74match
#20 - Upholding rights and potential of marginalised groups and women should be UK ODA priorities.
Upholding the rights of marginalised groups, as well as realising the potential of women and girls in both achieving societal resilience and poverty reduction, should be strategic priorities for UK ODA. This must be reflected in the spending allocations. (Conclusion, Paragraph 41)
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terms: group, resilience
Committee recommendation
73match
#16 - Evaluate cooling centre effectiveness and publish advice for authorities supporting vulnerable populations during extreme heat.
While there is potential for cooling centres to be an important part of future resilience measures for those most vulnerable to heat impacts, evidence of their effectiveness is not clear cut at present. We recommend that UKHSA evaluate the potential use of cooling centre initiatives as a policy response to excessive heat, with a view to developing and...
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terms: resilience, vulnerable
Committee recommendation
70match
#8 - 2nd Report – UK International Climate Finance: Sustaining Commitments and Impact Amid a Shrinking Aid Budget
It is well established that women and girls are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, particularly those who experience multiple forms of marginalisation such as age, disability and ethnicity. Being situated at the forefront of the climate crisis means that women and girls are uniquely positioned to act as agents of change. This means that women...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
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#21 - Ensure FCDO retains expertise and provides gender-specific funding to empower marginalised groups.
The FCDO must have the expertise and resources required to empower marginalised groups in decision-making forums, as well as the ability to equip them in their efforts to bring about lasting change in their communities. The FCDO will need to ensure that, through its spending allocations, it retains centralised and local gender expertise. It will also need gender-specific...
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terms: group
Committee recommendation
62match
#18 - 2nd Report – UK International Climate Finance: Sustaining Commitments and Impact Amid a Shrinking Aid Budget
Where possible, the FCDO should look to the latest evidence on locally- led and shock-responsive social protection systems to deal with the impact the climate crisis is having on agriculture as a driver of instability. (Recommendation, Paragraph 68)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
62match
#9 - 2nd Report – UK International Climate Finance: Sustaining Commitments and Impact Amid a Shrinking Aid Budget
The government should prioritise direct financing, ideally highly concessional resources, such as grant-based public UK ICF, to women-led organisations embedded in local networks. (Recommendation, Paragraph 37)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
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#7 - Assess and adjust trade, agriculture, climate, and gender programmes for smallholder farmers.
We recommend the Government assess its trade, agriculture, climate and gender programmes against the impact they have on smallholder farmers. Where necessary, these programmes should be adjusted to mitigate harm against smallholder famers and to enhance their place within sustainable food systems. (Recommendation, Paragraph 29)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
62match
#3 - Assess UK climate finance and agricultural investments for climate impact on food systems.
We recommend the Government conduct an assessment of UK climate finance to ensure it addresses the impact of climate change on nutrition and food systems. The UK’s agricultural investments need to be assessed more rigorously for the adaption and mitigation challenges posed by climate change. (Recommendation, Paragraph 16)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
62match
#2 - Climate change and hunger remain intrinsically linked, government climate finance for food systems is recognised.
Climate change and hunger are intrinsically linked. We recognise the emphasis the Government is putting on improving the impact of climate finance as it relates to food systems. (Conclusion, Paragraph 15)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
62match
#4 - Better integrate climate threat modelling into displacement work planning.
Climate change is a current and growing driver of displacement, and the Department must better integrate the modelling of climate threats into its planning for its displacement work. (Conclusion, Paragraph 48)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
62match
#39 - Consult on strengthening insurance in flood resilience and pilot Flood Performance Certificates by 2025.
By the end of 2025, the Government should consult with insurers and stakeholders on strengthening the role of insurance in flood resilience. This should include promoting and simplifying access to the Build Back Better scheme. The Government should support the development and piloting of Flood Performance Certificates (FPCs) as a voluntary tool to improve awareness of property flood...
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terms: resilience
Committee recommendation
62match
#36 - Consult on mainstreaming Property Flood Resilience as routine flood recovery and reforming grants.
The Government should consult on how to make Property Flood Resilience (PFR) a routine part of flood recovery. This consultation should explore options for reforming the existing grant scheme to provide consistent, needs-based funding and wider accessibility, including simplifying the process, updating grant levels, and extending eligibility to renters and social housing tenants. Any changes should be implemented...
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PFD report
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Michael Joseph Hirrell
The coroner noted concerns regarding the failure to identify an individual as a vulnerable person, despite clear indicators, leading to power disconnection without adequate customer protection. Additionally, staff felt disempowered to intervene, and current protective measures are not industry-wide or permanent.
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terms: vulnerable
Committee recommendation
61match
#5 - Set out measures to increase data for climate adaptation and displacement prevention planning.
In its response to this report, the FCDO should set out the measures it is taking to increase the data available to policy teams when planning medium to long-term climate adaptation investments; and whether prevention of climate-induced displacement is one of the criteria that these teams must remain cognisant of. (Recommendation, Paragraph 49)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
61match
#23 - Prioritise funding for flood-risk communities and design framework for fairer, inclusive outcomes.
As the Government prepares to implement the new investment framework from April 2026, it must prioritise funding for communities most at risk from flooding. A simpler system must also be a fairer one, capable of supporting those facing the greatest hardships and repeated flood events. The framework should be designed to deliver fairer and more inclusive outcomes, by:...
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terms: resilience
Committee recommendation
57match
#17 - Lead review of humanitarian and climate policies for stronger disability inclusion commitments.
Led by its Gender & Equalities Department and Disability Inclusion Team, the FCDO should lead Government efforts to review all humanitarian response and climate change adaption policies, ensuring that each includes stronger commitments on ensuring that disability inclusion is properly considered and funded. (Paragraph 84) FCDO and disability-inclusive development 31
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
57match
#18 - Integrate Antarctic research and preservation into broader international climate strategies.
To safeguard Antarctica’s environment, it is crucial to integrate Antarctic research and preservation into broader international climate strategies. Rising sea levels, driven by climate change in Antarctica, pose an existential risk to the UK, making it imperative to act now to protect both the Antarctic ecosystem and the UK’s coastlines. (Conclusion, Paragraph 107)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
57match
#7 - 2nd Report - Zero sum game: How the UK can reframe the energy transition
Public awareness of the health impacts of climate change remains low, although it remains to be seen whether the experiences of heatwaves this summer begins to increase awareness of the ways that climate change is already affecting both public health and the delivery of health services. Information on these risks should be more accessible to enable people to...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
53match
#55 - 1st Report - New Towns: Commit and Build
High standards for water and energy consumption and supply must be embedded in the terms of reference for new town delivery vehicles. This provides a unique opportunity for innovative solutions such as grey water systems, and rainwater harvesting. 56 Q 35 (John Marsh) 57 Written evidence from the Royal Institute of British Architects ( NTB0024 ), Dr Tariq...
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Committee recommendation
53match
#51 - 1st Report - New Towns: Commit and Build
The Committee heard how greywater recycling presents an exciting opportunity to make new towns more resilient to water shortages (whether caused by climate change or faults with mains infrastructure) and cheaper to live in. Drinking water does not necessarily need to be used for gardens or flushing lavatories: new towns can be designed with rainwater harvesting as standard,...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
53match
#9 - 2nd Report - Zero sum game: How the UK can reframe the energy transition
We heard compelling evidence that climate change poses a growing threat to UK food production and food security. Yet public concern about the use of farmland for solar development appears to be greater than concern about the impact of climate change on the land itself. Those opposing renewable infrastructure have been more effective at mobilising concerns about food...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
53match
#8 - 2nd Report - Zero sum game: How the UK can reframe the energy transition
The Government should use the evidence of this summer’s heatwaves to make the case for the transition directly and without hedging, including publishing UKHSA’s attribution of heat-related deaths and NHS pressures to climate change as they become available, and stating clearly that the alternative to the transition is more of the same. The NHS should communicate the health...
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Committee recommendation
53match
#21 - 1st Report – The UK’s development partnership with Nigeria
While it is the case that instability arising from religious tensions is notable, we do not consider it to be a primary driver of instability across Nigeria, particularly when considered alongside compounding factors, including land disputes resulting from climate change. (Conclusion, Paragraph 87) Civil Society
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
53match
#8 - Disabled people's needs must be incorporated into all Zero Hunger programming.
Disabled people are particularly vulnerable to hunger and their needs must be incorporated into all Zero Hunger focussed programming. The Government have made important steps in this direction. (Conclusion, Paragraph 31)
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terms: vulnerable
Committee recommendation
53match
#38 - Begin work on Flood Re successor to ensure continued, affordable flood insurance beyond 2039.
The Government should begin work with the insurance and mortgage sectors to ensure the continued availability and affordability of flood insurance beyond 2039, when the current Flood Re scheme is due to end. This should include options for a successor scheme (“Flood Re 2.0”) that recognises resilience measures, supports low-income households, and enables a fair transition to a...
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terms: resilience
Committee recommendation
53match
#22 - New flood investment framework risks perpetuating shortcomings without social vulnerability considerations.
We welcome the Government’s consultation on a new investment framework for flood and coastal resilience. The proposed shift to a simpler, more strategic approach is a positive step. However, unless the revised framework explicitly considers social vulnerability and the long-term community impacts of flooding, it risks perpetuating current shortcomings. Without such reform, funding may continue to prioritise projects...
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terms: resilience
Committee recommendation
53match
#22 - Government must maintain flexibility within ODA priorities to respond to interconnected development challenges.
The Government’s focusses on global health, and climate and nature are welcome. However, the Government must maintain the flexibility within these priorities to accommodate the interconnectedness of development challenges. It also needs the flexibility to be able to respond to needs expressed by its bilateral partners in governments and civil society. This is particularly important in fragile and...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
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#16 - Limiting global warming to 1.5°C critical for preventing Antarctic ice sheet destabilisation.
Evidence presented during the course of this inquiry highlights the critical importance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Achieving this target is essential for preventing further destabilisation of Antarctica’s ice sheets and glaciers, which are already experiencing significant changes due to rising temperatures. Maintaining this limit is key to safeguarding the integrity of the Antarctic environment and mitigating...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
48match
#8 - 11th Report - Toward a new doctrine for economic security
The UK faces increasingly complex transnational threats. The devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapidly changing climate are two examples of existential challenges, against which the UK economy must become more resilient. (Conclusion, Paragraph 35)
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
48match
#29 - Second Report - Environmental change and food security
Urban horticulture and controlled environment agriculture both offer opportunities to improve the UK’s self-sufficiency in fruit and vegetables. While they will not supplant the need for open-field farming, they can play a role in diversifying the UK’s food sources and therefore building resilience.
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terms: resilience
Committee recommendation
48match
#15 - Second Report - Environmental change and food security
Water management on farms is going to become increasingly important as the climate changes. Using water more efficiently and storing it for use during droughts, as well as managing water demand overall, is going to be critical.
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
48match
#2 - Second Report - Environmental change and food security
The UK food system is inseparable from the global food system, and increasing food security is not only a question of improving domestic self-sufficiency. To rely only on domestic production would increase the UK’s vulnerability to extreme weather events in the UK. Even food produced at home depends on importing certain components from abroad, such as animal feed,...
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Committee recommendation
48match
#10 - 2nd Report - Zero sum game: How the UK can reframe the energy transition
Farming organisations should be more vocal in communicating the impact of climate change on food production and the role of the energy transition in safeguarding long-term food security. Government should work with the sector to ensure the case for climate action is communicated more clearly and persuasively than arguments are made against renewable infrastructure. (Recommendation, Paragraph 35) Mainstreaming...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
48match
#16 - Disability-inclusive programming is insufficiently mandated across FCDO crisis response policy documents.
Despite the increasing importance of climate change adaption, as well as the constant threat of conflict, disability-inclusive programming is not sufficiently mandated across FCDO policy documents, risking persons with disabilities being overlooked at times of crisis. (Paragraph 83) 30 FCDO and disability-inclusive development
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
48match
#45 - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
The UK Government should also consider increasing support for (1) the study and protection of the languages of Arctic indigenous peoples, and (2) Arctic social science research to better understand and respond to the impact that climate , development and geopolitical changes are having on Arctic indigenous peoples .
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
44match
#8 - 4th Report - Housing Conditions in the Private Rented Sector
We welcome the government’s decision to introduce stronger minimum energy efficiency standards that private landlords will need to comply with from 2030. This will help to lift households out of fuel poverty and reduce their exposure to the health risks of living in a cold home. Overall, our view that is that the government has taken proportionate steps...
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Committee recommendation
44match
#78 - 1st Report - New Towns: Commit and Build
The lower environmental impact of certain building materials (including low-carbon cement and straw) could help meet the Government’s ambitions for the new towns to be environmentally sustainable and climate resilient. 128 David Hopkins, Chief Executive of Timber UK, argued that the new towns programme presents a “good opportunity to reimagine” construction supply chains and consider more opportunities for...
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terms: climate
Committee recommendation
44match
#16 - Second Report - Environmental change and food security
The Government must set stronger targets for reducing water demand. We support the Climate Change Committee’s recommended target of no more than 100 litres of water per person per day.
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Committee recommendation
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#9 - 1st Report - New Towns: Commit and Build
High standards for water and energy consumption and supply must be embedded in the terms of reference for new town delivery vehicles. This provides a unique opportunity for innovative solutions such as grey water systems, and rainwater harvesting . (Paragraph 55) Construction skills
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Committee recommendation
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#23 - Consider interconnected challenges in fragile states when deploying ODA financial and human resources holistically.
We urge the Government to consider the nature of interconnected challenges such as nutrition, food systems, education, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, and governance challenges—particularly in relation to fragile and conflict-affected states—as it plans how it will deploy its financial and human resources in a holistic way over this spending period. (Recommendation, Paragraph 44) 17
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Committee recommendation
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#1 - Extreme heat has serious, widespread impacts on UK health, wellbeing, and economic productivity.
We have received compelling evidence that heat is having serious and widespread impacts on health, wellbeing and economic productivity. This is already costing the UK thousands of lives and billions of pounds annually, a situation which is set to get worse without concerted action. The social and economic case for accelerating heat adaptation measures in the UK is...
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Committee recommendation
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#19 - Second Report - Environmental change and food security
We welcome the Government’s goal to increase water storage in the agriculture and horticulture sectors by two-thirds by 2050. We also welcome the Government’s work on reviewing abstraction licenses and its call for evidence on the planning barriers to small reservoirs. However, food producers clearly feel that the Government is not doing enough nor moving fast enough. To...
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