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with historical records. The latest edition of the State of the UK Climate report [published on Monday 14 July 2025] showed the flowering of hazel trees has advanced significantly over the period from 1999-2024. Looking at the information collated by the Woodland Trust from data submitted
Causes of changes to different aspects of the climate system are attributed to human and/or natural influences.
Observations contain information about how climate has varied. Climate models provide the facility to investigate the impact of different influences on climate, including both anthropogenic and natural factors, and to determine the level of variability that would still exist in the climate system
Updates from the UK Climate Resilience Programme that ran from 2019 to 2023
UK Climate Resilience programme book - January 2024 A new book was published about the UK Climate Resilience programme. ‘Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK’ summarises £19m of research to improve the characterisation and quantification of climate risks, enhance understanding
Read our news updates and newsletters about the UK Climate Projections (UKCP18)
News updates Shaping the Future of UK Climate Projections - 26 February 2025 The Met Office and Defra are launching a new consultation of our UK Climate Projections (UKCP) service to gather user perspectives. It’s an opportunity for users to share their experiences of using our climate information
The ENACTS initiative is led by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI).
The ENACTS initiative is implemented by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and Regional Climate Centres in Africa with the support of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and other partners. It is designed to transform local, national and regional
The aim of the product is to provide seasonal climate information, reviewing the last 3 months and looking forward 3-6 months, so that readers are informed of the climate variability affecting various countries. The skill of long-range outlooks varies with the time of year and with location, due
The Climate Science for Service Partnership China is a collaborative climate science initiative between research institutes in the UK and China.
What is the Climate Science for Service Partnership China? Launched in 2014, the Climate Science for Service Partnership China (CSSP China) is a project stimulating scientific collaboration between research institutes in the UK and China. It focuses on producing world-leading scientific research
Date: 28-29 November 2019 Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Funded by: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) programme Hosted by: Met Office, WMO CREWS, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Workshop Objectives: 1. Raise
This page explains how we study extreme weather events, to see if climate change was a cause. These attribution studies help shape our understanding of climate change and its impacts.
effect climate change had on an event. This might include many variables, like temperature and rainfall. An attribution case study: The European heatwave in 2019 In July 2019, we saw record breaking temperatures across the UK and Western Europe. In Cambridge, we saw a temperature of 38.7°C
Climate National Meteorological Library and Archive Factsheet 4 — Climate of the British Isles The National Meteorological Library and Archive Open to everyone The library was first mentioned in the 1870 Annual Report of the Meteorological Office. In 1914 the archive was established as the official
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