Changes expected in the future
According to the Met Office the UK is likely to have hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters. Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy downpours are likely to become more frequent and more intense.
Making our services more resilient to climate change
We've taken part in the government’s Adaptation Reporting Powers process, which includes a risk assessment of how climate change is likely to impact the services we deliverto local communities.
This has included identifying actions we need to take and will be an important area of work over the next few years. We will continue to review this process as new information becomes available.
Supporting the resilience of local communities
We are a member of the Derbyshire Resilience Forum, which provides co-ordination of emergency planning including for extreme weather events.
We are also working closely with district and borough councils and the East Midlands Combined County Authority to develop a joint approach.
Prepare yourself
The government's Prepare website has information about what you can do in the event of droughts, flooding, heatwaves, storms or other extreme events.
Our severe weather planning has information about how you can sign up for adverse weather alerts.