The UK government today launched it’s 2009 climate projections report, prompting Environment secretary Hilary Benn to warn that the UK must plan in advance for a warmer future with greater extremes of flood and drought.
The website UKCP09 makes for some pretty stark reading, particularly the maps section which has broken the data into probability scenarios.
The conclusions based upon ‘central estimates’ seems to be that by 2080:
- Summer mean temperature will rise by around 6 degrees throughout the UK
- Summer mean precipitation will fall by around 20% on average
- Winter mean precipitation will rise by 30%
No wonder Mr Benn is so worried!
What are your thoughts on the climate projections report?
Are we too late to stop this inevitable change in our climate? or
Can we halt the changes by becoming more green friendly?
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