Research published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that local authorities are only just beginning to consider and involve vulnerable communities in their climate change adaptation plans, and argues that councils must do more to protect such communities from the impacts of climate change. The report's authors found that, where plans were in place, these tended to focus on water and drainage management, and that there was a lack of priority given by councils to working with vulnerable communities to help them prepare, respond to and recover from the impacts of climate change, such as flooding and heat waves. More