
Benchmarking tool
New for 2025, the updated Public Sector Climate Adaptation Benchmarking Tool helps illustrate an organisation’s adaptation journey along the Public Sector Climate Adaptation Capability Framework. It should be used to provide a baseline assessment of your organisation’s current adaptation capabilities and how their development progresses over time. It highlights which capability areas the organisation is excelling at and others where more work may be needed. It can aid communication and engagement to show what your organisation is aiming for and the steps needed to get there.
The Benchmarking Tool aims to assess the adaptation progress of an organisation, not an individual employee, team or department. The tool, therefore, may need to be completed by a small group of colleagues initially, and then finalised through discussions with management and/or different departments.
This updated version of the tool aligns with the updated version of the Public Sector Climate Adaptation Capability Framework tasks, and also includes enhanced reporting features. It has also been optimised for screen readers, and has both red-amber-green and blue-scale colour options.
Aims of benchmarking:
- Describe your organisation’s current adaptation capabilities and provide a baseline from which progress may be measured
- Identify your current organisational position within the Adaptation Capability Framework
- Illustrate what you’ve already done on adaptation and highlight where improvement is needed
- Provide a way to understand and track ambitious change
- Support project planning