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| Generic examples |
| Exploit new markets and social opportunities emerging as a consequence of climate change both locally and globally. |
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| Replace capital stock more frequently while considering the need for more appropriate capital stock. |
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| Cultivate new agricultural crops and develop alternative land use consistent with climate (current and projected). |
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| Specific examples |
| Otter Farm (Devon) have embarked on a growing and production plan that includes olives, almonds, pecans, persimmons, pineapple guava, grinding pepper and apricots. They have also decided to take out a little edible insurance and build the disadvantages as well as the advantages of climate change into the plan: longer hotter summers would also come with greater unpredictability in the cycles of weather, so the plan includes a greater number of smaller harvests – including forgotten fruits such as medlars, quince and mulberries – in the hope that an unusually hot dry summer or an unseasonally wet cool one will still suit most of the crops grown. |
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| English Wine Producers have seen a growing interest in English wine over the last few years with a raised profile internationally. England is now acknowledged as the home to some outstanding sparkling wines and French champagne houses have expressed interest in exporting production to Kent. Climate change making the temperatures more favourable to produce the required grapes and the chalk geology of the Kent and Sussex hills, along with high land prices in Champagne have prompted this interest. |
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| The CairnGorm Mountain resort launched its long-term sustainability plan (dubbed Eden Project of the North), reflecting the resorts vision of being more of an educational and environmentally aware attraction (sustainable tourism based on nature) and being less reliant on winter sports. |
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