Public Body Climate Change Adaptation Reporting
This page is to assist public bodies who are required to report under The Climate Change (Reporting Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, and those who wish to voluntarily report.
It provides information on climate change adaptation reporting, including guidance and other supporting documentation.
Climate Change Adaptation Reports
Under the Regulations, adaptation reports are required and submitted to DAERA on a 5-yearly basis, with the exception of the first reporting cycle which will cover a 4 year period.
Adaptation reporting must include:
- an assessment of the current and predicted impact of climate change in relation to a public body’s functions;
- details of actions and plans to manage those risks and impacts including timescales for implementing; and
- an assessment of progress in implementing the actions and plans between reporting periods.
Public bodies must also consider and have regard, where relevant, to the:
- latest UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) ;
- latest Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP); and
- desirability of co-ordinating their adaptation actions, including polices and proposals, with corresponding bodies in the UK (including Northern Ireland), Republic of Ireland or elsewhere.
Deadline for Submission
The first adaptation reports are due to be submitted to DAERA by 31st March 2026.
The reports will cover the four-year period from 1st January 2026 – 31st December 2029.
Access to the Reporting Portal
The department has developed a reporting portal for public bodies to assist them in meeting their adaptation reporting duties.
The reporting portal is the format by which the public bodies must submit their report to DAERA and it can be accessed through the following weblink:
Climate Change Public Body Reporting Portal
Registering and Signing into the Reporting Portal
There are a series of steps and prompts to follow to enable access to the reporting portal:
- first register for either a Government Gateway (recommended) or NIDA account using your public body organisation work email address;
- link your organisation with your Government Gateway or NIDA account; and
- sign in to the reporting portal.
How to register and sign in (videos)
The following videos have been produced to help public bodies register and sign in to the reporting portal with either Government Gateway or NIDA.
Registering and signing in with Government Gateway
Registering and signing in with NIDA
Guidance
Climate change adaptation reporting guidance along with its supporting annexes and a document on navigating the reporting portal with key information, hints and tips can be found at:
Guidance and Supporting Documents
Training
The following weblink provides information on the training event undertaken by DAERA to help public bodies gather data in regard to their climate change adaptation reporting duties. Further information including the presentation slides can be found at:
Climate Change Adaptation Training Event - 28th November 2025
Further Information
Further information on public body climate change reporting, including who should report, the importance of reporting and information on both adaptation and mitigation, etc. can be found at:
Public Body Reporting on Climate Change
DAERA’s Public Body Reporting Team
If you have any queries on the content of this page or any other related elements of climate change adaptation reporting, please contact DAERA’s Public Body Reporting Team at:
Email: ClimatePBR@daera-ni.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 9081 6611