July 25, 2024

State of the UK Climate 2023

The State of the UK Climate 2023 report provides the latest comprehensive review of the UK’s changing climate. It examines how the UK’s climate last year compares to previous years, including information on notable meteorological extremes through 2023, how the UK extremes are changing over time, sea level rise around the UK and nature’s response to the weather and climate.

The paper was published in the Royal Meteorological Society’s International Journal of Climatology on Thursday 25 July.

Journalists came to this briefing to hear from the key organisations behind the report and put your questions to them.

Speakers included:

Mike Kendon, Climate Scientist at the Met Office and lead author

Prof Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society

Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva, Sea Level Scientist, National Oceanography Centre

Dr Judith Garforth, Citizen Science Officer, Woodland Trust