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Climate change impact on biodiversity – LWEC report cards

Climate change impacts report cards present the latest evidence on how climate change affects different aspects of our environment, economy and society.

• From: NERC, Living With Environmental Change (LWEC)
• Published: 29 September 2015
• Last updated: 29 November 2016 - see all updates

Documents

Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts: report card 2015 (English)

PDF, 14 MB

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Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts: report card 2015 (Welsh)

PDF, 11 MB

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Source document 1: Interactions between climate change and land use change impacts: Addressing attribution problems

PDF, 418 KB

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Source document 2: The implications of climate change for terrestrial UK mammals

PDF, 313 KB

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Source document 3: Implications of climate change for UK invertebrates (excluding butterflies and moths)

PDF, 268 KB

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Source document 4: Implications of climate change for SSSIs and other protected areas

PDF, 321 KB

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Source document 5: Impacts of climate change on terrestrial habitats and vegetation communities of the UK in the 21st century

PDF, 252 KB

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Source document 6: The effects of climate change on the distribution of species in the UK

PDF, 428 KB

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Source document: 7: Evidence of climate change impacts on populations using long-term datasets

PDF, 102 KB

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Source document 8: Implications of climate change for UK bryophytes and lichens

PDF, 331 KB

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Source document 9: Non-native species

PDF, 197 KB

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Source document 10: Implications of climate change for coastal and inter-tidal habitats in the UK

PDF, 284 KB

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Source document 11: Impacts of climate change on migration

PDF, 437 KB

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Source document 12: The implications of climate change for phenology in the UK

PDF, 220 KB

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Source document 13: Overview of climate change implications for ecosystem services in the UK

PDF, 2 MB

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Source document 14: Mechanisms driving UK biodiversity responses to climate change: Assessment and indicators

PDF, 1 MB

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Source document 15: Implications of climate change for genetic diversity and evolvability in the UK

PDF, 259 KB

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Source document 16: Climate change effects on soil biota in the UK

PDF, 784 KB

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Source document 17: Freshwaters, climate change and UK conservation

PDF, 2 MB

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Details

This report card summarises and presents evidence about the effects of climate change on habitats and ecosystems in the UK. The original report was published in 2013, and the 2015 version has both updated and extended its coverage of the issues, in particular presenting new material on freshwater ecology and soil organisms.

The main report card is supported by technical source papers focusing on 17 specific climate change issues, including terrestrial habitats and mammals, invertebrates, soil biodata and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Updates

• 29 November 2016
  Welsh version of the 2015 update report card published