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Figures:
• 2011 Population: 980,00 (LSR, 2014)
• Area: 2156 km2 (LSR, 2014)
• Land Area Of East Midlands (%): 13%

• Carbon Dioxide Emissions 2005: 9.4 tonnes per capita (DECC, 2014)
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions 2012: 7.7 tonnes per capita (DECC, 2014)

• Local Carbon Dioxide Emissions Under The Influence Of Local Authorities 2005: 5860.2 kt CO2 (DECC, 2014)
• Local Carbon Dioxide Emissions Under The Influence Of Local Authorities 2012: 5054.9 kt CO2 (DECC, 2014)

• Key Climate Risks: Flooding From Rivers and Surface Water Flooding

• Leicestershire County Council's Energy, Resilience, Migitation And Climate Change

Have a look at the News and Resources tabs to see the work Climate East Midlands does to support local action.

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Peer Learning in Leicestershire

6th October 2014

A brief update of our latest Peer Learning event held at Brocks Hill Visitor Centre and hosted by Leicestershire County Council.

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Soil management in a changing climate

19th August 2013

To support farmers and land managers in the East Midlands to prepare for severe weather and climate change, Climate East Midlands has helped to organise and deliver a series of six half-day Soil Management workshops, held on farms in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire in August 2013. The workshops were delivered in partnership with the Farming Advice Service and the Environment Agency (Midlands). The main draw at each workshop was a soil expert who gave a talk and answered questions around at least one soil pit at each farm.

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Business resilience in Leicestershire and Rutland

12th February 2013

On 31st January we held another of our business resilience workshops, this time hosted by Severn Trent Water at the Leicester Water Centre. This workshop added new perspectives, with speakers from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and Severn Trent Water. As with the other workshops in this series, the aim is to help local businesses increase their resilience to severe weather and climate change.

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Case Studies highlight resilience

2nd October 2012

A set of nine case studies is published today which illustrate how local authorities across the East Midlands are adapting to the changing climate, during this year of weather extremes. Every city and county in the region is featured in the set and the geographical differences highlight the different climate risks that are faced by urban, rural, upland and coastal areas. This new resource is one of the outputs from the £950k East Midlands Climate Change Skills Programme, supported by East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership.

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