EVENTS
Enhancing the UK’s preparedness and resilience to climate change
- February 25, 2026 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- The Royal Society and online
The impacts of climate change are already being felt in the UK, and we can see the costs of inaction on growth, security, and wellbeing. Coordinated climate adaptation action is needed now to ensure the resilience of the UK to increasing climate-related shocks.
The Council for Science and Technology (CST), the government’s top-level advisory body on science and technology issues, wrote to the Prime Minister on 28th October 2025, providing advice on climate adaptation and resilience for the UK.
In this event we will discuss priorities for climate adaptation action in the UK, the development of climate adaptation targets and will be an opportunity to dive deeper into CST’s four recommendations.
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The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts FRS Chair, The Foundation for Science and Technology [Chair] |
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Professor Jim Hall Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford and member Council for Science and Technology |
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Rachel Kyte UK Special Representative for Climate |
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Professor Mike Tipton Professor of Human and Applied Physiology, University of Portsmouth |
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Professor Swenja Surminski Managing Director Climate and Sustainability, Marsh McLennan and Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute, LSE |
The Council for Science and Technology
The Physiological Society