Assessing your climate risk – an introduction to climate data and reporting

For course costs please register interest.

At the end of this course, participants will understand:

An established framework for assessing climate risk, that can be utilised in voluntary or regulatory reporting.

Identifying climate hazards and the associated organisational impacts, risks and opportunities.

Where to find easily accessible climate data, with a focus on UKCP18, and appropriate methodologies to analyse climate hazards for the purpose of climate risk reporting.

Key factors to effectively communicate climate data and uncertainty.

The limitations of freely available climate data and when further analysis may be required or desirable.

This course is designed for consultants, analysts, or those in similar roles, who wish to be able to confidently use climate data, particularly UKCP18, to carry out climate change risk assessments either in-house or on behalf of other customers.

There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but basic understanding of climate science, numerate or science degree (or equivalent experience) and experience or knowledge of basic statistics will be advantageous. No coding skills are required.

Each course is online and consists of a 1-hour introduction, followed by 3 x 3-hour 'face-to-face' workshop style sessions with e-learning modules to be completed independently in between. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and gain feedback.

The workshops will be run by Met Office Scientists who have a breadth of knowledge and experience in using climate change data.

Please note this course utilises data and resources with a UK focus, in particular utilising UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18). Additionally, this is an introductory level course that does not include instruction or practical sessions on coding, or the use of coding languages, for access and/or analysis of data. At present, we are not offering training in these areas, but please do continue to check back on our training provisions as we respond to industry demand. Please do get in touch if you are unsure of your suitability for this course.

Training Dates

Monday 2nd February 2026 - 11:30am-12:30pm- Course introduction & networking (1 hour)

Monday 9th February 2026 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm – workshop 1

Tuesday 10th February 2026 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm – workshop 2

Thursday 12th February 2026 - 1:30pm - 5:00pm – workshop 3

Monday 8th June 2026 - 11:30am-12:30pm- Course introduction & networking (1 hour)

Monday 15th June 2026 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm – workshop 1

Tuesday 16th June 2026 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm – workshop 2

Thursday 18th June 2026 - 1:30pm - 5:00pm – workshop 3

This is an online and interactive training course delivered through Teams

Participants will need to reserve approximately ten to fifteen hours during the course period to complete the self-led e-learning, in addition to the ten hours of face-to-face sessions.

Total time: Approximately 20-25 hours.

To find out more, register your interest in the course, or if you are interested in future courses, please email [email protected].

Cost

Course costs - please register interest for details

Info: At the end of this session, participants will understand: The context of climate change in the UK The ‘Wheel of Risk’ approach to assessing climate risk How to identify key climate hazards/benefits and resultant impacts on business e.g. climate risks and opportunities An introduction to the UK Climate Projections 2018 (UKCP18)

Info: At the end of this session, participants will: Understand the importance of assessing a hazard in the current climate Be familiar with the freely available data sources on the current climate Be familiar with hazards or scenarios that cannot be easily assessed without the use of larger datasets and code Understand how hazards can be prioritised

Info: At the end of this session, participants will understand: Common pitfalls, approaches and top tips for using UKCP18 (via evaluation and discussion around the final e-learning task) Choosing the best approach to assess a hazard in the future climate Key factors in communicating and presenting climate data This session will also provide the opportunity to hear from and ask questions to a Met Office science expert about UKCP18 and climate science.

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