Explainers: Impacts of climate change
How climate change will impact on the places we live, the wider environment, the economy, society and human health.
These Explainers have been produced jointly by us – the Grantham Research Institute at LSE, and the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. The Explainers are hosted on both websites.
- What is the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)?
- How does climate change impact health?
- What is meant by ‘climate justice’?
- What is the difference between climate change adaptation and resilience?
- Why is climate change adaptation important for cities and how are they adapting?
- How does climate change lead to sea level rise, and how will this impact coastal cities?
- How do rising levels of carbon dioxide affect plants and global crop growth?
- How will climate change impact our society?
- What are the impacts of climate change on the economy?
- What are the potential impacts of climate change for the UK?