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<p>The Government works closely with an extensive set of stakeholders to build resilience
to climate change risks across the whole country, including with the Local Adaptation
Advisory Panel (LAAP), the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors
of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport, and Core Cities. In particular we
support the LAAP, the forum on climate change adaptation at a local level, which brings
together central and local government and agencies to promote and deliver adaptation
in the local government sector.</p><p> </p><p>In November last year we launched a
new set of UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18), commissioned from the Met Office.
UKCP18 is the first major update to the UK’s national climate change projections for
nearly ten years, and this time it includes global and regional scenarios. The Government
will use UKCP18 to inform its adaptation and mitigation planning and decision making,
and the projections will also help local authorities, businesses and communities to
take action to improve resilience.</p><p> </p><p>This year we will be releasing a
new addition to UKCP18 in the form of local projections on a similar resolution to
that of operational weather forecast models (i.e. 2.2km). This will provide locally
relevant information to inform decision making on future climate change to enhance
resilience.</p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p>
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