Events give glimpse into future

Oct 15 2009 The Journal

A SERIES of free events will help North East businesses and organisations understand the implications of climate change and help them plan for the future.

The seminars, workshops and training sessions will showcase new products which allows organisations to find out what the future climate will be like in their area.

The message is that taking the right action to adapt to the affects of climate change now will save money and improve business in the long term.

Government Office for the North East, in conjunction with Defra and the UK Climate Impacts Programme, has arranged the half-day events, running from November 16- 20 in Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Defra recently launched the UK Climate Projections 09 which show that the country is already locked into 30 years of climate change because of past greenhouse gas emissions.

The UK faces warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers, with more drought, heat waves, flooding and sea level rises.

The events will examine what the projections predict about how the climate will change in the North East.

And they will emphasise the need to both adapt to the changes we are already locked into, and to cut greenhouse gas emissions now in order to prevent even more severe climate change.

To view the schedule of free events, and to book a place, visit www.bookwhen.com/climatefuturesnortheast