Cimate Change Land Use

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Benefit

The research commissioned by CCC presented an opportunity' to bring together a team with the skills

necessary to get an insight into how we might begin to plan a resilient landscape for future generations.

The findings indicate that where land uses are projected to become increasingly unviable into the future

because of climate change, land-use change to build resilience before threshold events occur provides

greater net benefits than relying on repeated low regret measures to try to maintain the current land use

activity.

A systematic approach to decision-making on land-use change allows for land-use change to be implemented

in a robust and evidence-based way. However, in order to support this, further research is needed into the

potential risks from climate change to current land uses.

The analysis can act as a base for future work by policy makers, regulators, and practitioners to understand

the importance of long-term viability of current land use.

Potential gains centre on avoiding escalating costs, maximising benefits, and reducing the risk of irreversible change.