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, and putting pressure on supply chains. Ports and supply chains are also vulnerable to increasing frequency of storm surges, extreme rainfall events, and rising sea levels associated with climate change 97 . Limiting global temperature rise to ‘well below 2°C’ as per the Paris Agreement requires

important fish). • Intensifying typhoons are likely to disproportionately affect smaller artisanal fishers due to their lower adaptive capacity and limited coastal protection compared with other larger fishing fleets with port infrastructure. 37 Zone 4: Central maritime Southeast Asia Zone 4 includes

’ infrastructure. Risks to coastal areas and fisheries East Africa has a long coastline, home to some of the region’s most dynamic population centres, ports and tourism sites. A combination of rising sea levels, higher temperatures and more frequent and intense storm surges threaten livelihoods and local

priorities, including laying the groundwork for our new supercomputer. This year we have started to port our scientific codes from one computing infrastructure to another, in preparation for the step change it will bring to improve weather forecasting accuracy and climate change understanding

contains the major ports and cities, and most of the rural population of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The current climate in this region has a distinct seasonal pattern with a warm-to-hot and dry summer period, and a cooler, wetter winter period (annual cycles of precipitation and temperature

strategic priorities, including laying the groundwork for our new supercomputer. This year we have started to port our scientific codes from one computing infrastructure to another, in preparation for the step change it will bring to improve weather forecasting accuracy and climate change understanding

(Figure 5). Coastal areas contain important assets to the region, including major ports (e.g., Tangier-Med in Morocco), tourism (e.g., Egypt; OECD, 2022) and the fishing industry. Projected sea level rise is expected to increase coastal flooding, with Egypt and Morocco being two of the countries

control, have been frustrating but the PWSCG will be monitoring porting, testing and implementation so many of the improvements can be realised as soon as possible. Inevitably some target dates have had to slip in this CSA, but our focus through the next year will be on ensuring capability can

within the Afro Temperate forests due to higher temperatures and drier conditions. • Port facilities and offshore oil and gas extraction sites are threatened by sea level rise and storms. • Adverse impacts on mangroves, seagrasses and saltmarshes along South Africa’s coast due to rising sea levels

services to the SaxaVord UK Space Port. We have recruited 43 industrial placements, 23 apprentices and 9 graduates to our new graduate training scheme, helping to shape the leaders of tomorrow. Our climate communications during COP27, won the PRCA UK Public Sector Value for Money Award 2022