<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div id="yiv2118303789"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Hi folks</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">The UK just completed it's Climate Change Risk Assessment that can be viewed online here:</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climate/government/risk-assessment/#keyfindings">http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climate/government/risk-assessment/#keyfindings</a><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">It's
broken to subcategories on the website. The report was produced by the <span class="yiv2118303789Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; "> </span><span class="yiv2118303789Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; ">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).</span></div><div><font class="yiv2118303789Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif"><span class="yiv2118303789Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="yiv2118303789Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif"><span class="yiv2118303789Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">They explore all types of scenerios, both positive and negative.
Here's a sample: </span></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><ul style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; "><li style="line-height:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:16px;font-size:1.077em;background-image:url(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/view/2_0_9/cream/hi/shared/img/story_sprite.gif);background-position:-1200px 5px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat;">Hotter summers leading to between 580-5900 deaths above the average per year by the 2050s.</li><li
style="line-height:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:16px;font-size:1.077em;background-image:url(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/view/2_0_9/cream/hi/shared/img/story_sprite.gif);background-position:-1200px 5px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat;">Water shortages in the north, south and east of England, especially the Thames Valley area by the 2080s.</li><li style="line-height:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:16px;font-size:1.077em;background-image:url(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/view/2_0_9/cream/hi/shared/img/story_sprite.gif);background-position:-1200px 5px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat;">Increased damage from flooding could cost between £2.1bn-£12bn
by the 2080s.</li><li style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 16px; font-size: 1.077em; background-image: url(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/view/2_0_9/cream/hi/shared/img/story_sprite.gif); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; background-position: -1200px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">The melting of Arctic sea ice opening shorter shipping routes to Asia.</li><li style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 16px; font-size: 1.077em; background-image: url(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/view/2_0_9/cream/hi/shared/img/story_sprite.gif); font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; background-position: -1200px 5px;
background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Milder winters leading to 3,900-24,000 fewer premature deaths by the 2050s, significantly more than those forecast to die as a result of hot weather.</li><li style="line-height:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:16px;font-size:1.077em;background-image:url(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/view/2_0_9/cream/hi/shared/img/story_sprite.gif);background-position:-1200px 5px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat;">Wheat yields to increase by 40-140% and sugar beet yields by 20-70% because of longer growing seasons by the 2050s.</li><li></li></ul><div><span></span></div><div>Lulu</div></div></div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>