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1 For further information on The Handbook of Trends Across Scotland, see the SNIFFER website at: www.sniffer.org.uk
2 Scotland's seas: towards understanding their state http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/04/03093608/0
3 UK Climate Impact Programme: www.ukcip.org.uk
4 The IPCC explains that the degree of vulnerability to changes in climate is determined by a subject's exposure, sensitivity and ability to adapt to that change.
5 Annual temperatures averaged across Scotland may rise by up to 3.5ºC in the summer under scenarios of medium-high emissions production by the 2080s.
6 See UK Climate Projections at: www.ukcip.org.uk
7 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, see http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm
8 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, see http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm
9 Ray, Duncan, Research Note: Impacts of climate change on forestry in Scotland - a synopsis of spatial modelling research, Forestry Commission Scotland, January 2008
10 Due to the timing of the enactment of the UK Climate Change Act, the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment has until January 2012 to be presented to the UK Parliament.
11 For further information on Scottish Government action to reduce emission, see www.Scotland.gov.uk/climatechange
12 For further information on climate projections, see the UK Climate Impact Programme at: www.ukcip.org.uk
13 For further information on Living with Environmental Change, see http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/lwec/
14 SNIFFER report 'Differential Social Impacts of Climate Change in the UK', see www.sccip.org.uk
15 For more information on the Bill, see http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/15-FloodRisk/index.htm
16 For further information on Preparing Scotland, see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/12094636/0
17 For information see http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk/
18 The Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change, see www.sternreview.org.uk
19 For further information on the social impacts of climate change, see SNIFFER report Differential Social Impacts of Climate Change in the UK available at www.sccip.org.uk
20 Scotland's Climate Change Declaration www.sustainable-scotland.net/climatechange/
21 Concordat between the Scottish Government and local government www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/concordat
22 National performance framework http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/9
23 In 2008, the Scottish Government conducted a survey on organisational capacity to plan for and mange the impacts of climate change. The survey focused on managing climate risks and any barriers which inhibit the development of effective risk management strategies.
24 For further information on the Adapting to Climate Change UK Group see http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/adapt/programme/uk-adaptation.htm
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