Climate risk register and tool
16 January 2026
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Created in collaboration with the Adaptation Scotland programme, the Climate Risk Register Guide and Tool aims to assist institutions that are at the beginning and intermediate stages of their adaptation journey to take the next step. Following on from previous resources ‘Adapting universities and colleges to a changing climate' and 'Using an existing organisational resilience framework to develop a Climate Change Adaptation Plan' (2019), this guide aims to piece together the main resources available on climate change adaptation in Scotland with a Further and Higher Education lens.
We bring in:
Best practice examples of universities and colleges
Resources and guidance from across Scotland and the United Kingdom.
A bespoke Climate Risk Register tool and college case study
Note: This guide is focused primarily on the Scottish context, but is applicable across the UK.
Key features of the Risk Register Tool include:
A template for the assessment of climate vulnerability to institutional assets and operations.
An institutional Exposure Assessment based on current and future climatic conditions.
Risk Register template to manage risks, assign impact and likelihood scores, and identify actions.
Scoring matrix to prioritise action areas.
Climate Adaptation Action Plan template.
Weather incident log and campus flood risk templates.
The downloadable and linked resources include:
Introductory guide to climate change adaptation and climate risk registers
Risk register tool Risk register tool demonstration video
Risk register tool user guide
A recorded a Borders College case study video walk-through of the tool.
| 16 January 2026 | |
| Resource | |
| Climate Risk Register Guidance | |
| Climate Risk Register Tool User Guide | |
| FHE Climate Risk Register Tool | |
| Climate Risk Register Tool - Borders College Case Study video | |
| Borders College Strategic Climate Change Risk Assessment - Case Study | |
| EAUC and Adaptation Scotland |
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