Why now
The question is what we do about them. Extreme heat, drought, flooding, wildfire and storms affect people, homes, food and water, infrastructure, businesses and public services.
Reducing emissions and adapting to a changing climate are complementary tasks. Emissions reduction helps limit future warming. Adaptation reduces the harm people and essential systems face from the risks already here and those ahead.
Call to Action’s purpose is to turn that need into practical work: identify problems with the people affected, connect the right capabilities and help viable solutions move towards implementation.
Public commentary
Context only. The people below have spoken publicly on related issues. They are not members, partners, supporters or endorsers of Call to Action.
Showing 1–2 of 11
01 / Adaptation & resilience
In the Committee’s response to a new adaptation package, Baroness Brown welcomed stronger planning assumptions and measurable objectives, while calling for greater effort and funding to meet the scale of the challenge.
02 / Flood risk & insurability
In the BBC’s Big Boss Interview, Blanc warned that continued building in flood-risk areas of England could leave new homes uninsurable in the future. She called for greater care over where homes are built and how properties are designed for flood resilience.
Evidence & research
Explore five original-source summaries on climate, flooding, water, heat and food resilience, with geography, uncertainty and our practical interpretation kept distinct.
Read Evidence & research ↗01
We cannot grow food without reliable water. Capturing, storing, managing and distributing water better must help farms and communities prepare for both drought and intense rainfall. Water resilience is a food-security issue, not just a question of supply.
NFU: water supplies and food production ↗02
A practical approach brings together integrated land management, early warning, community preparedness and the ability to respond. Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery need to be considered together, including access to water and coordination between organisations.
Parliament: heatwaves, drought and wildfire evidence, 23 June 2026 ↗03
Preparation for extreme heat must account for health, workplaces and productivity, schools and hospitals, transport, power and buildings. Better warnings matter, but so do the decisions that allow people and services to act on them.
Parliament: evidence on heat risk, 23 June 2026 ↗04
Flooding and storms put homes, infrastructure, businesses and public services under pressure. Choices about where and how we build, and how we maintain existing places, can reduce exposure or lock in risk for years to come.
Climate Change Committee: A well-adapted UK ↗Leadership beyond party politics
Government, businesses, engineers, scientists, farmers, investors, universities, emergency services and communities each have a role. We are independent and non-party-political. Our aim is to bring useful capability to real needs, not to claim these organisations already stand behind us.
Read the public commentary and evidence ↗