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

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A comprehensive list of all Met Office publications including brochures on climate research from the 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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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.

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More about the Met Office Hadley Centre review

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

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More about the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report - The Met Office plays a key part in this internationally important process. The Fourth Assessment Report will be released in stages through 2007.

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More about Climate change myths

Climate change myths - some of the common myths of climate change are explained by the Met Office Chief Scientist.

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More about the Draft Climate Change Bill

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

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Stern Review

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

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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 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.

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