Progress update NC1
By 2009, assess the most likely impacts of climate change on the National Park over the next 15 years, and use this to produce an adaptation plan for managing those impacts.
Progress status:
Amber light shows that some progress is being
made towards achieving this objective.
Progress update:
Through the National Park Management Plan Steering Group, a formal assessment of the likely impacts and risks of climate change on the National Park was produced in 2011. The report examines the risks and opportunities presented by a changing climate to the special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It describes what is already being done to adapt to climate change and looks ahead to future action.
Download the report, Adapting to Climate Change in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
The climate change impact assessment will be now be used to inform the development of a new National Park Management Plan in 2012, which will contain new aims and objectives to tackle the risks posed by climate change to the National Park.
Last updated September 2011
