Climate impacts audit

A site-visit to an SME can be used to carry out a climate impacts audit. This will only be a superficial overview but may be the starting point for a business to begin managing the climate risk.

• Download a climate impacts audit template based around the Business Areas Climate Impacts Assessment Tool (doc format).

Following the climate impacts audit, the report should briefly cover background to the company including site details, processes, suppliers, products, services and customers; an overview of vulnerability to current weather and aspects that provide resilience and; a list of potential threats and opportunities of future climate change.

Follow up support may be required to help the company decide which potential threats or opportunities to pursue and to develop an appropriate adaptation response. See Delivering advice for further details.

Key messages may also be useful, and are based on the experience of UKCIP and strategic partners.