Independent Assessment of the Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3

Strengthening the UK’s adaptation plan in the next Parliament 10 3 Independent Assessment of the Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) Executive summary This briefing provides an initial This briefing provides the Climate Change Committee’s initial assessment of the assessment of the Third National Adaptation Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3), the government’s programme to Programme. [...] • The Act mandates the government to produce a plan to respond to the risks from climate change highlighted in the most recent Climate Change Risk Assessment – the third iteration (CCRA3) was published in 2021.2 • CCRA3 highlighted 61 risks and opportunities from climate change to the UK, around half of which were assessed as ‘urgent: needing more action’ in the next five years. [...] addresses the challenge of preparing the UK for climate change, at the level of the programme as a whole and in addressing specific actions highlighted within CCRA3 that could be taken over the next five years to close the nation's adaptation gaps. [...] Strengthening the UK’s adaptation plan in the next Parliament The initial assessment of NAP3 in the previous section highlights that the NAP does not go far enough to ensure that the UK is adequately prepared for climate change. [...] This is true for the climate change already being experienced in the UK today, the climate changes expected over the programme’s lifetime (out to the late 2020s), and the range of further changes possible over decades ahead.