ABSTRACT
This section gives a broad description of some of the main economic, social and environmental features of the East Midlands. Climate change is just one of the issues facing the Region. There are other changes, such as socioeconomic trends, that will also affect the Region over the coming decades. This section seeks to identify the issues that are of most relevance to climate change. Chapter 5 on the potential impacts of climate change in the Region, gives more details of how these features could be affected.
