School of Geography and the Environment

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.