Event: International climate risks and adaptation at COP26 and beyond
Channel: Climate Change Committee
Date: 2021-10-20

This online session explored the exposure of the UK to international climate risks as well as the opportunity at COP26 to better integrate adaptation in global efforts to tackle climate change.

The Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk identified extreme weather events in the UK and globally can create cascading risks that spread across sectors and countries, with impacts an order of magnitude higher than impacts that occur within a single sector. Meanwhile, there is an opportunity at COP26 to show leadership on climate adaptation and secure clear commitments for increased adaptation financing and support developing countries with capacity building for implementing national adaptation actions.

Event details:
• 10:00-11:00, Wednesday 20th October 2021
• The event was chaired by Baroness Brown, Chair of the Adaptation Committee
• The session included a presentation by Professors Tim Benton of Chatham House, and Professor Andy Challinor from the University of Leeds who were leads authors of the Technical Report chapter, and Miriam Kennedy from the Climate Change Committee secretariat
• They were joined on the panel by Kirsty Lewis from the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

UK Climate Risk – State of the Nation series
The UK Climate Risk – State of the Nation series delves into the Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk, focusing on: key sectors exposed to priority risks, important players in responding to climate risk, and some of the key challenges raised in the assessment. You can find links to watch the event series at https://www.theccc.org.uk/2021/09/08/uk-climate-risk-state-of-the-nation-webinar-series/