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Biodiversity, Climate Change and Regional Policy
This research project will inform regional decision-makers about the
likely impacts of climate change on biodiversity and of the policy implications of such impacts.
The three year project, which began in April 2004, led by Mike Harley (Climate Change Adviser, English Nature) and Pam Berry (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford), will ascertain how characteristic species and their habitats in each of England’s regions will be affected by climate change over the next 50 years, and provide clear and concise guidance for those involved in the decision-making process. It is envisaged that this will be of particular relevance to regional spatial planning and associated activities.
A short (24 page) report will be prepared in the first year of the project and published in spring 2005. This will be followed-up with a series of dedicated promotional activities - seminars, workshops and other appropriate events and opportunities – over the following two years.
This project is funded by English Nature
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