RDE654 A Review of the Adaptation Reporting Power (evidence synthesis)

Defra leads on climate change adaptation and fulfils the statutory cycle as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. Part of this Act includes the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP), which gives the government the power to require certain organisations - 'statutory undertakers' (these provide infrastructure such as utilities, roads and railways) and bodies with 'functions of a public nature' - to report on how they manage the risks of climate change to their delivery and the actions they are taking to adapt to it. The...