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This presentation accompanies a talk that was given by Bob Ward at the Help Our Planet event in Bridport, Dorset on 29 May 2025. The presentation begins by highlighting the global and UK wide impacts of climate change and then considers how it might affect Dorset. It concludes by looking at some of the measures that can be taken to adapt to these impacts at a local level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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