National Biodiversity Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for England

Natural England developed a GIS model assessing the vulnerability of priority habitats to climate change. The model uses a 200m x 200m grid to evaluate Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity, and Conservation Value, producing maps of relative vulnerability across England. This dataset has been replaced by the National Habitat Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments 2025.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing adaptation actions based on habitat vulnerability scores.
• Mapping areas of high climate change sensitivity for conservation planning.
• Assessing habitat fragmentation and condition as components of adaptive capacity.
• Informing biodiversity resilience strategies with spatial vulnerability metrics.

Strengths

• Model is based on a 200m x 200m GIS grid, providing fine spatial granularity.
• Assessment integrates multiple metrics: Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity, and Conservation Value.
• Produced by Natural England, a statutory advisor to the UK government.

Limitations

• Dataset has been replaced by a newer 2025 version, indicating it is not the current assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific data formats within the ZIP are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Natural England

Collection Method

GIS model analysis

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 16:27:52.358924; freshness should be verified as the dataset is superseded.

Geography

England