The Climate Just Map Tool shows the geography of England’s vulnerability to climate change at a neighbourhood scale. Its purpose is to support local planning and responses to a changing climate.
New fuel poverty updates added September 2016.
The Climate Just Map Tool shows which places may be most disadvantaged through climate impacts. It aims to raise awareness about how social vulnerability combined with exposure to hazards, like flooding and heat, may lead to uneven impacts in different neighbourhoods, causing climate disadvantage. The maps can be used alongside other local knowledge to identify where actions may be needed. There are maps on:
All of these can help to inform local planning and responses to support vulnerable people and places.
The guidance presented here focuses on the flood and heat maps.
Read our brief overview to understand the key issues associated with climate disadvantage due to flooding and heat.
Read the in depth section for the reasons for mapping climate disadvantage, the concepts and indicators, the national picture and what can be done about it.
Before using the tool, look at the benefits and drawbacks associated with the maps.
To understand how to interpret the maps, drawing on examples from different local authorities, see the user guide.
To create your own maps using additional data, please refer to our technical guide.
Once a map is turned on you can alter the 'transparency' level to see the different layers on top of each other. You can zoom in or out using the zoom bar from national to local levels. Use the magnifying glass to draw a box on the map to zoom in. Use the ‘hand’ to pan around the map. |
Download a printable version of the map layers available in the tool.
There's also a printable version of the full set of information sheets.
A full set of local authority summary indicator data is available as an Excel file.
Choose a map by navigating the tree menu. Click on the right pointing arrow or 'double' click a menu item name to expand the tree. Display a map by 'ticking' the square box next to where you see this symbol:
Download a printable version of the map layers available in the tool. There's also a printable version of the full set of information sheets.
Select the Maps link above and use the tree menu to choose what to map. |
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Once a map is turned on you can alter the 'transparency' level to see the different layers on top of each other. You can zoom in or out using the zoom bar from national to local levels. Use the magnifying glass to draw a box on the map to zoom in. Use the ‘hand’ to pan around the map. |
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Once a map layer is turned on your can query specific polygons on the map by turning on this query tool. |
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A single click will force a popup window to appear with the exact data value for that polygon or grid square. |
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Only a few layers can be overlaid. The administrative boundaries can be overlaid alongside any maps. If looking at the flood maps, you can add any of the Environment Agency layers alongside other flood maps. To print the maps you need to use the print screen option. To download the maps you can use the snipping tool which can be accessed through computer main menus to select areas of interest and export them to other documents. |
Climate Just Map Tool includes maps on:
The flood and heat analysis for England is based on an assessment of social vulnerability in 2011 carried out by the University of Manchester. This has been combined with national datasets on exposure to flooding, using Environment Agency data, and exposure to heat, using UKCP09 data.
The work was led by Sarah Lindley at the University of Manchester and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), with support from the Environment Agency.
The work uses a methodology developed by Sarah Lindley and John O’Neill and published in a JRF report, Lindley, S. J., O'Neill, J., Kandeh, J., Lawson, N., Christian, R. and O'Neill., M (2011) Climate change, justice and vulnerability, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
All map data themes for 2011 were developed by Aleksandra Kazmierczak, assisted by Caitlin Robinson, both at the University of Manchester.
The fuel poverty maps presented here are based on statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. They cover both the new low income high cost definition of fuel poverty and 10% definition. These maps have been produced by the Centre for Sustainable Energy.
The Climate Just Map Tool itself has been developed by Richard Kingston. It is based on research developed as part of the Interreg funded GRaBS project which ran from 2008-11.
We also gratefully acknowledge all data providers and stakeholders who provided valuable feedback at various workshops. Particular thanks to members of the Project Advisory Group who have supported the development of Climate Just.
Further details about the purpose of the map tool can be found in the 'Intro' section.
Further details about its developers can be found on the PPGIS site.
The data that powers the maps is available for download in Excel format or as a shapefile.
Shapefile formatIf you have your own GIS software such as ArcGIS, MapInfo or the free QGIS software you can view and analyse the following shapefiles yourself
If you do not have your own copy of the administrative boundaries you can download the 2011 middle layer super output area (MSOA) boundaries from the Office for National Statistics .
The attribute data is also available in individual Excel files
When using this data we highly recommend that you refer to our technical guide. It explains how to create your own maps, using data from this Climate Just website and map tool, in your own GIS system.
The Climate Just tool contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
Full details can be found here: http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions/
Contains adapted data from the Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.
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Contains Ordnance Survey data
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