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tions to climate change will have to combine adaptations with the mitigation strategies
discussed below. Central to the UNFCCC negotiations have been assisting technology
transfer from developed to developing countries and setting up a climate change fund to
help developing countries adapt.
34. Lead times for response strategies to combat climate change
The one thing that governments are doing now is setting up climate change impact assess-
ments. For example, in the UK there is the UK Climate Impact Programme (<
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) that in January 2009 launched new products, based on the latest
IPCC 2007 reports, showing the possible effects of climate change on the UK over the
next 100 years. These products are aimed at the UK national and local government, in-
dustry, business, the media, and the general public. These will now be updated to the latest
2013/14 IPCC reports. If every government set up one of these programmes, then at least
their citizens would have the opportunity to make informed choices about how their coun-
tries should be adapting to climate change.
