Water & Food
Securing water and food supplies: capturing, storing, managing and distributing water better, with preparation for drought and intense rainfall.
An independent UK climate-adaptation initiative
Call to Action
The practical consequences have arrived.
Call to Action brings together leaders from industry, engineering, science and agriculture to confront the practical consequences of a changing climate: securing water and food, protecting communities from extreme heat, flooding and wildfire, strengthening critical infrastructure, and adapting the places where we live and work.
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Focus areas
Open
Invitation to contribute
Practical
Solutions that can be used
Independent
Non-party-political
The mandate
A forum where experienced people speak openly, challenge conventional thinking and identify commercial solutions that can be implemented.
The UK must focus on practical action. Convening is the starting point. Our ambition is to connect capability with need, helping useful research, ideas and expertise find a route towards real-world climate adaptation.
From ideas to action ↗Our focus
Four fronts of adaptation
Heat, Flood & Wildfire
Protecting communities through prevention, preparedness, early warning and practical responses to extreme heat, flooding and wildfire.
Critical Infrastructure
Strengthening the power, water and transport systems people, businesses and public services depend on.
Places We Live & Work
Adapting homes, workplaces, streets and public spaces, so decisions made today reduce vulnerability tomorrow.
The case for practical action
Understand. Connect. Act.
Call to Action / In depth
Understanding the challenge
Why now
The warnings are already here. Explore how water, land, heat and the choices we make today shape UK resilience.
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Turning capability into progress
From ideas to action
Connect capability with need. Our intended approach brings research, skills and commercial expertise towards practical solutions.
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Context, not endorsement
Public commentary & evidence
Public perspectives and dated sources offer context, not endorsement, affiliation or participation in Call to Action.
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Findings, context and uncertainty
Evidence & research
Five sourced summaries on climate, flood, water, heat and food resilience, with clear limits and practical opportunities to explore.
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Building the initiative
Who we want to bring together
Christopher Redfern and Charles Shaw are working together to develop Call to Action. We are reaching out to people with practical experience across industry, engineering, science and agriculture, and to others who can help turn a defined need into a workable solution.
Industry
Engineering
Science
Agriculture
This is an initiative taking shape, not an established membership body or confirmed partnership network. Profiles of people participating in the initiative will be added as involvement is confirmed.
Help shape the next stepsConnect capability with need
Not tomorrow. Now.
The warnings, knowledge and expertise exist. We want to bring them together to protect people today, alongside reducing tomorrow’s emissions.
Have a challenge, a potential solution, expertise to contribute or an interest in investing? Tell us what you are working on and what you need to move it forward.
Prepare and review an email draft, then send it from your email app. Or email us directly below.
forum@thecalltoaction.co.uk