Researchers will work with business, industry and community bodies to develop long-term solutions to extreme weather and other effects of climate change. Restoring wetlands and forests, the effect of climate shocks on food prices and protecting vulnerable people, especially older adults, will all be areas of study.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are investing £15 million as part of the ‘Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC)’ programme.
Adapting to climate change
Defra Chief Scientific Advisor Gideon Henderson said:
"Tackling climate change not only means accelerating progress towards net zero, but also strengthening the resilience of human and natural systems to the changes that a warmer climate brings. Communities across the UK are already being impacted by shifting underlying weather patterns and by increasingly intense and frequent extreme weather; heatwaves, storms, wildfires droughts, flooding and more. Projects like those announced today give us ever better data and insights to help us safeguard our natural environment, protect human health and ensure food security, as we seek to maximise our adaptation to a changing climate."
Developing long-term solutions
MACC looks at how all four UK nations can better address current barriers around public awareness, policy, legislation and climate data currently hindering the UK’s ability to adapt to the effects of a changing, warming climate. MACC is also helping to deliver the ambitions of UKRI’s Building a green future and Building a secure and resilient world strategic themes.
For the full details visit UK Research & Innovation website
UK Research & Innovation & DEFRA to invest £15m in research to help UK prepare for climate change - last updated 26.1.25
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