Low-carbon Climate Adaptation in UK Households: Understanding participation in, and pathways toward, low-carbon climate adaptation

About the Project

People play many roles in climate action — as commuters and carers, workers and hobbyists, citizens and consumers. Climate change is already reshaping all of these: affecting how people travel to work, what they eat, how they heat (and cool) their homes, how they manage caring responsibilities, and how they spend their leisure time. A critical question remains unexamined: are the ways people are already adapting to climate change compatible with the transition to net zero? ...

The project combines literature review and policy analysis with primary qualitative research (e.g. interviews, focus groups, and/or observation) and co-productive workshops with policymakers and practitioners to develop people-centred low-carbon adaptation pathways. Outputs will include 2–3 peer-reviewed papers and non-academic policy briefs designed to directly reshape how adaptation policy is designed and delivered.