A partnership of organisations in North East England is studying the adaptations it will need to cope with the now inevitable effects of climate change over the next 40 years. It will build on the Wear Catchment Climate Change Adaptation Report published in February and will be the first regional study to look at the impacts and costs faced by the region’s communities.

“At the moment the only information we have is for general areas, through the UK Climate Impacts Program, but using special modelling technology developed by Newcastle University - known as EARWIG - this can be enhanced to provide predictions via 5km grids,” said regional climate change co-ordinator Adrian Hilton.
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