Climate change

About the Met Office Hadley Centre

The Met Office Hadley Centre provides a focus in the UK for the scientific issues associated with climate change.

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Publications

A comprehensive list of all Met Office publications including brochures on climate research from the Met Office Hadley Centre, the Met Office annual report and more.

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Using expert knowledge of weather and climate science we help government and businesses plan for future climate change impacts. Our consultants help businesses develop mitigation and adaptation strategies to minimising risks and maximise profit.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers to questions about the weather and climate change.

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Climate Change is a global issue and the Met Office Hadley Centre is leading international research into what could happen under climate change, and the impacts on current and future generations.

Latest news and events

What can climate scientists tell us about the future?
Dr Vicky Pope, Head of Climate Change for Government, Met Office Hadley Centre explains.

The big picture
On this page you will find all the known facts about climate change.

Climate change and global variability
A significant drop in global average temperature in January 2008 has led to speculation that the Earth is experiencing a period of sustained cooling.

Climate change may devastate crop yields
Recent reports from scientists at Stanford University suggest that climate change could cause severe crop losses in south Asia and southern Africa over the next 20 years.

Expert speaks on La Niña
Is La Niña to blame for the poor weather and the flooding? Climate expert Dr Adam Scaife explains.

The science of climate change – UN Climate Change Summit, Bali
Our climate change experts are playing a major role in a summit aimed at establishing a worldwide policy to tackle our changing climate.

PM's announcement
The Met Office welcomes the PM's pledge to further reduce emissions.

An Inconvenient Truth?
The Met Office provides advice on up-to-date comprehensive guidance to accompany the climate change film.

Met Office Hadley Centre review
The independent review of the Met Office Hadley Centre, commissioned by Defra and MoD, has now been published.

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
The Met Office plays a key part in this internationally important process.

Draft Climate Change Bill
Government has published details of its draft Climate Change Bill outlining plans to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change.

Stern Review
The Review, led by Prof. Sir Nicholas Stern is the most comprehensive ever undertaken on the economics of climate change.

Climate research

The climate system
Weather and climate have a profound influence on life on Earth, find out about the basics.

Climate change projections
Key results from climate-change experiments conducted using Met Office computer models of the climate system.

Climate monitoring data sets
The Met Office Hadley Centre receives, quality controls, and archives large amounts of observed climate data. These are used for monitoring the climate, in studies of the causes of climate change and in climate modelling.

Types of climate models used in the Met Office Hadley Centre
Detailed three-dimensional representations of major components of the climate system are mostly run on the Met Office's NEC SX-6 supercomputers.

Carbon cycle
The role of the carbon cycle in climate change, how the models represent it, and what the results are when the cycle is included in climate simulations.