Publications

Results: CRSES Phase 1 

The CRSES Climate Risk and Opportunity Assessment (CROA) combines scientific evidence with local knowledge and lived experiences. Phase one of CRSES (2023-2025) involved gathering formal evidence from over 70 organisations, producing new scientific and economic modelling, and collecting qualitative data through community engagement initiatives led by the region’s Climate Hubs. Phase one outputs include:

• Executive Summary
• Health, Communities and Built Environment theme results
• Natural Environment theme results
• Business and Industry theme results
• Infrastructure theme results
• Coastal Change Assessment
• a two-part Economic Assessment which considered:
  • the economic consequences of climate change to the region overall, and
  • more detailed economic assessment of priority climate risks

For those newer to the topic, we recommend reading the Executive Summary and Lived Experience Reports first.

View the results by clicking on the links below:

Lived Experience Report

Working with the region’s climate hubs a series of engagement events were held in 2024 and 2025, with communities across Edinburgh and South East Scotland to gather their local knowledge and anecdotal evidence of climate impacts and environmental change. The map yielded hundreds of stories from across the region and provides valuable insights into how communities feel about the changes they are seeing and their ideas for adaptation action. This report summarises the findings of the CRSES Story Map.

Climate Trends Analysis

This report summarises the climate change projections used in the CRSES Climate Risk and Opportunity Assessment. The document summarises the climate change projected for the region between 2024 and 2080 and includes the outputs of various projections including UKCP18 and the OpenCLIM impacts modelling. 

Shared Engagement Toolkit

This engagement toolkit provides workshop plans, slide decks and suggestions for activities for community engagement around the ideas of climate change risks, resilience and adaptation. These can help you when discussing climate change risks and adaptation with communities, organisations and stakeholders. 

Climate Risk & Opportunity Assessment Methodology

This document summarises the methodology used in the Climate Risk and Opportunity Assessment for Edinburgh and South East Scotland, it sets out the approach taken, key evidence sources and the decision-making framework used in scoring and prioritising climate impacts facing the region.

Shared Briefing Pack: Links and resources

This document sets out links to useful external and project
resources which can help you when discussing climate
change risks and adaptation with communities, organisations and stakeholders.

Slides: CRSES Inception Events 

View the slide pack presented at the launch events for Climate Ready South East Scotland on 29th April and 9th May 2024.

Video: First Online Briefing (9 May 2024)

Watch the recording of this online briefing from the public launch of the project on 9th May 2024. The video includes presentations from the Verture project team, Met Office and City Region Deal PMO