Climate Change

• Climate change is real and it's happening now - and it will affect everyone, everywhere. There is overwhelming scientific consensus that we have entered a period of unprecedented climate change driven largely by human activities.
• The world is committed to at least 50 years of climate change which we cannot prevent. We have already determined our short to medium term climate because of historic greenhouse gas emissions and the time these remain in the atmosphere.
• Activities today will determine our climate in the future. The level of greenhouse gas emissions now will determine the amount of climate change in the latter half of the 21st Century.
• All sectors must adapt to accommodate the threats from climate change - and realize opportunities in the environment, social and economic sectors.

For further information on the work that Natural England has been doing to identify the wildlife rich areas most vulnerability to climate change please see the SE Biodiversity Strategy website.