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<p>The UK Climate Projections (UKCP18), published in November 2018 by the UK government-funded
Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC), projected a global sea level rise of 29 – 112 cm
by 2100, relative to the 1981-2000 average, depending on the scale of future emissions
of greenhouse gases. Under a medium emissions scenario, the UKCP18 sea level projections
show a net contribution from Antarctica of up to 26 cm by 2100.</p><p>The UK Government
is committed to tackling climate change and is actively working with others to meet
the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. This includes:</p><ul><li>demonstrating
leadership by taking action to reduce our own emissions (we have reduced UK emissions
by over 40% compared to 1990 levels);</li><li>taking a prominent leadership role in
multilateral fora such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
G20, G7;</li><li>providing International Climate Finance (at least £5.8bn from 2016/17-2020/21)
to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change; and</li><li>promoting
global alliances to encourage clean growth, such as the Powering Past Coal Alliance.</li><li>Through
organisations, such as the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) – a part of
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the UK is delivering world-leading interdisciplinary
research to better understand environmental changes in the polar regions and its impacts.
This is often in collaboration with international partners – for example, the £20
million over 5 years UK-US International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration to understand
its ice sheet stability and potential impact on global sea-level rise. This and similar
projects enable us to better adapt to and mitigate against global climate change.</li></ul><p>
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