Climate Change Adaptation Report 2024
Author(s): Kate Guest, Claire Marchetti, Lucy More, Paul Lankester
This report has been jointly prepared by Historic England (hereafter HE) and the English Heritage Trust (hereafter English Heritage) in response to the Government’s Fourth Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP4) call under provisions in Part 4, Section 62 of the Climate Change Act 2008. The report includes: ● A summary of the statutory and other functions of the organisations ● The current and future projected impacts of climate change on the organisations ● Proposals for adapting to climate change ● An assessment of progress towards implementing the policies and proposals set out in previous reports This report builds on the Third Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP3) report submitted jointly by HE and English Heritage and includes updated risk assessments and adaptation plans. Identifying climate-driven risks and the necessary adaptation measures are an essential part of climate action. For heritage organisations such as HE and English Heritage, this means understanding and responding to organisational and operational risks, as well as risks faced by the historic environment that we are tasked with protecting. This report considers climate-driven risks for HE as an organisation in relation to its management of personnel, facilities and equipment, as well as to its role as champion of England’s heritage. It also considers climate-driven risks to heritage assets on the National Heritage List for England and in the National Heritage Collection which are cared for and opened to the public by English Heritage.
- Report Number:
- 70/2024
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 56
- Keywords:
- Climate Change Climate
