text: What is UKCP18 
  and why do we need it? 
  
  Following the historic Paris Agreement on Climate 
  Change in December 2015, the Department of 
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced a 
  major upgrade to the UK Climate Projections. 
  
  The UKCP18 project will build upon the current set 
  of projections (UKCP09) to provide the most up-to- 
  date assessment of how the climate of the UK may 
  change over the 21st century. This information 
  will be essential to future Climate Change Risk 
  Assessments1 and to equip the UK with information 
  to help adapt to the challenges and opportunities of 
  climate change in line with the National Adaptation 
  Programme2. 
  
  Organisations and individual users will use UKCP18 
  to inform risk assessments and adaptation plans 
  to ensure they are resilient to extreme weather 
  and climate change. Some organisations will use 
  UKCP18 in responding to the Adaptation Reporting 
  Power3 for example. 