Established in 2020, the UKCR lunchtime webinar series showcases projects conducted for UKRI and by the Met Office, for the SPF UK Climate Resilience Programme and thematic topics.
With participation from both researchers and stakeholders, the hour-long weekly webinars will be moderated by the UKCR Champion team.
Each webinar will provide an overview of a project, its key findings and its implications. This will be followed by a response from a relevant stakeholder/non-academic partner, who will be invited to provide their perspective on the research process and outputs. The webinar will conclude with an open Q&A session with both panellists.
All webinars are on Wednesday or Thursday lunchtime, running from 12.00-13.00 (GMT) unless otherwise stated.
Update: Our lunchtime webinar series 2022-2023 has now come to a close. Past webinars are listed below. Recordings can also be accessed directly via our YouTube channel (see ‘Webinars’ playlist).
Past webinars
24 February 2023
Title: High impact scenarios for the UK
Speaker: Nigel Arnell (University of Reading), with Mike Steel (Environment Agency) as respondent
See event listing for webinar recording
17 February 2023
Title: EuroCORDEX-UK: an expanded set of regional climate projections for the UK
Speakers: Richard Chandler, Clair Barnes and Chris Brierley (University College London), with Carol McSweeney (Met Office) as respondent
See event listing for webinar recording
31 January 2023
Title: Drought resilience: what are some of water companies’ research needs?
Speaker: Charles Rougé (University of Sheffield), with Geoff Darch (Anglian Water Service) as respondent
See event listing for webinar recording
25 January 2023
Title: The unquantifiable: story-based approaches to climate change risk research
Speaker: Alan Kennedy-Asser (University of Bristol), with Stephen Jones (Climate Northern Ireland) as respondent
See event listing for webinar recording
18 January 2023
Title: Valuing and monitoring climate services
Speakers: Paul Watkiss (Paul Watkiss Associates) and Alistair Hunt (Bath University), with Daisy Jameson (Climate Change Committee) as respondent
See event listing for webinar recording
6 July 2022
Title: Choices for the future of UK climate information: project findings
Speaker: Murray Dale (JBA) respondent Katy Peat (Defra) (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Title: Putting resilience into Manchester Climate Change Agency
Speaker: Paul O’Hare (Manchester Metropolitan University) (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
8 June 2022
Title: The Economic Case for Climate Change Adaptation
Speakers: Paul Watkiss (Paul Watkiss Associates) and Nigel Miller (Defra) (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
25 May 2022
Speakers: Meghan Alexander (UEA, Tyndall Centre) and Tim Rayner (UEA, Tyndall Centre). Respondent: Tom Handysides (Defra)
Title: Explaining the adaptation gap in the UK: The hidden story of policy lock-ins (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
11 May 2022
Speakers: Megan Bickle (Defra), Natalie Roberts (Defra) and Liz Bergere (Defra)
Title: UK Climate Change Risk Assessments and working towards NAP3 (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
23 March 2022
Speakers: Louise Wilson (Met Office) and Nicola Golding (Met Office) with respondents Katy Peat (Defra) and Michiko Hama (MeteoSwiss)
Title: Developing a National Framework for Climate Services for the UK (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Speakers: Lea Berrang Ford (University of Leeds and LA of Chapter 16, Key Risks Across Sectors and Regions) and Diana Reckien (University of Twente and CLA of Chapter 17, Decision Making Options for Managing Risk). Respondent: Richard Millar (Head of Adaptation and Climate Science, Climate Change Committee)
Title: IPCC WGII report – Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability: insights and implications (Part 2) (See event listing for slides and webinar recording)
(In collaboration with the Priestley International Centre for Climate)
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Friday 4 March 2022
Speakers: Mike Morecroft (Natural England and CLA of Chapter 2, Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and their Services) and Daniela Schmidt (University of Bristol and CLA of Chapter 13, Europe). Respondent: James Pearce-Higgins (Director, Science, British Trust for Ornithology)
Title: IPCC WGII report – Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability: insights and implications (Part 1) (See event listing for slides and webinar recording)
(In collaboration with the Priestley International Centre for Climate)
Wednesday 26 January 2022
1 December 2021
Speakers: Professor Martin Evans (University of Manchester), Tim Thom (Yorkshire Peat Partnership)
Title: Understanding the microbial communities of resilient peatlands (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
24 November 2021
Speakers: Professor Hayley Fowler (University of Newcastle), Lizzie Kendon (UK Met Office), Murray Dale (JBA) and Xiaodong Ming (loughborough University)
Title: FUTURE-DRAINAGE (1-3pm GMT, see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
17 November 2021
Speakers: Jamie Hannaford (UK Centre for Hydrology and Ecology) with a stakeholder response from Stuart Allen (Environment Agency)
Title: Enhanced future FLows and Groundwater (eFLaG): a climate service to enhance the resilience of the water sector to drought events (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
13 October 2021
Speakers: Andrew Carr and Chris Bishop (DEFRA)
Title: UK Government Approaches for Domestic Adaptation and Resilience (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
29 September 2021
Speaker: Rachel Perks (Met Office)
Title: Coastal Defender (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
21 July 2021
Speaker: James Cooper (University of Liverpool)
Title: Erosion hazards in river catchments (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
14 July 2021
Speakers: Louise Wilson and Nicola Golding (both Met Office)
Title: Framing the Framework: Addressing the need for a UK National Framework For Climate Services (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
30 June 2021
Speakers: Kathryn Brown (UK Climate Change Committee) and Richard Betts (Met Office)
Title: UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
16 June 2021
Speakers: Richard Pywell (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) and Julian Gold (Farm Manager in Oxfordshire)
Title: CROP-NET: Monitoring and predicting the effects of climate change on crop yields (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
2 June 2021
Speakers: Murray Dale (JBA Consulting Limited) and Briony Turner (Space4Climate)
Title: Climate services standards and value (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
19 May 2021
Speakers: Áine Ní Bhreasail and David Howlett from The High Level Climate Champions Race to Resilience team
Title: Race to Resilience: an introduction to the global campaign for non-state actors (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
5 May 2021
Speakers: Dr Peter Hunter (University of Stirling), Professor Andrew Tyler (University of Stirling) and Dr Claire Neil (SEPA)
Title: Delivering resilience to climate-related impacts on water quality through Earth observation (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
21 April 2021
Speakers: Youssef Nassef (UNFCCC Secretariat), Dr Louise Ellis (University of Leeds), Liam Upson (COP26 Unit, Cabinet Office)
Title: COP26: Implications for enhancing resilience (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
24 March 2021
Speaker: Mike Davies (UCL); stakeholder response from April Cole (Care Quality Commission)
Title: Overheating in care homes (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
10 March 2021
Speakers: Harriet Orr and Alex Cutler (Environment Agency)
Title: Climate resilience and the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
24 February 2021
Speakers: Paul Sayers (Sayers and Partners); stakeholder response from Mike Steel (Environment Agency)
Title: Simulating spatially coherent widespread flood events across the UK (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
10 February 2021
Speaker: Liz Sharp (University of Sheffield); stakeholder response from Lee Pitcher (Yorkshire Water)
Title: The feasibility of domestic raintanks contributing to urban flood resilience (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
27 January 2021
Speakers: Julien Harou (University of Manchester); stakeholder response from Steve Moncaster (Water Resources East)
Title: Seeking water resource resilience at national, regional and landscape scales in England and Wales (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
13 January 2021
Speakers: Jon Stenning (Cambridge Econometrics); stakeholder response from Paul Sayers (Sayers and Partners)
Title: UK-SSPs: setting out socioeconomic trajectories for climate resilience research (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
16 December 2020
Speakers: Claire Scannell/Lizzie Kendon (Met Office)
Title: Urban climate change and climate services (see event listing for slides and webinar recording)
2 December 2020
Speaker: Professor Lisa Collins (University of Leeds) and Karro Food Group Ltd
Title: Smart systems approaches for climate resilient livestock production (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
18 November 2020
Speakers: Dr Neil MacDonald (University of Liverpool) and Dr Thomas Kjeldsen (University of Bath)
Title: Building UK climate resilience through bridging the qualitative-quantitative data divide (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
4 November 2020
Speakers: Don Monteith (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and Fraser Leith (Scottish Water)
Title: Forecasting risk of environmental exacerbation of dissolved organic matter – building climate change resilience (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
28 October 2020
Speakers: Robert Nicholls (Tyndall Centre, UEA) and Charlotte Thompson (CoastalRes Consortium)
Title: Coastal Resilience to Flood and Erosion Hazard: A Demonstration for England (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
21 October 2020
Speakers: Declan Conway (Grantham Research Institute, LSE), Dr Alistair Nesbitt (Vinescapes), Dr Kate Gannon (GRI), Prof Steve Dorling (University of East Anglia)
Title: Characterising and adapting to climate risks in the UK wine sector (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
7 October 2020
Speakers: Andrew Charlton-Perez (University of Reading)/Mark Harrison (Met Office)
Title: Understanding heat related mortality (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
23 September 2020
Speakers: Simon Brown / Daniel Cotterill (Met Office)
Title: Statistical analysis and attribution of impact relevant climate extremes (see event listing for slides and videos of webinar)
9 September 2020
Speaker: Professor Nick Pidgeon and Christina Demski (Cardiff University), with Frances Pimenta (Defra)
Title: Understanding UK perceptions of climate risk and resilience (see event listing for videos of webinar)
29 July 2020
Speaker: Prof Richard Betts, MBE (University of Exeter and Met Office), and Kathryn Brown (Committee on Climate Change)
Title: Gathering the evidence for the 3rd UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (See event listing for slides and videos of the webinar)
22 July 2020
Speakers: Prof Rachel Warren (Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia), Alan Kennedy-Asser and Jeff Price, with a response by Gemma Holmes, Committee on Climate Change
Title: IMPRES: Impacts and risk assessment to better inform resilience planning (See event listing for slides and videos of the webinar)
8 July 2020
Speakers: Dr Kate Lonsdale, UK Climate Resilience Champion, and Tom Hughes, Senior Policy Advisor, National Infrastructure Commission
Title: Creating climate resilience in the UK: What does this mean, and how might we achieve it? (See event listing for slides and videos of the webinar)
24 June 2020
Speakers: Professor Hayley Fowler, Professor of Climate Change Impacts, Newcastle University (Project PI) and Murray Dale, Technical Director and Chartered Meteorologist, JBA
Title: FUTURE-DRAINAGE: Ensemble climate change rainfall estimates for sustainable drainage (See event listing for slides and webinar recording)
10 June 2020
Speakers: Dr Freya Garry, Climate Scientist, Met Office and Dr Tom Denbigh (Defra)
Title: How will multiple climate hazards impact UK food over the 21st Century? (See event listing for slides and webinar recording plus answers to Q&A)
20 May 2020
Speakers: Professor Nigel Arnell, Professor of Climate Science, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading and Brendan Freeman (Committee on Climate Change)
Title: Indicators of changing climate risk in the UK (See event listing for slides and webinar recording)