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Renewable Energy opportunity workshops
28th March 2013
Four DECC-funded renewable energy opportunity workshops are taking place over the summer for local authority stakeholders.
How best to communicate climate projections?
27th March 2013
The past year has shown us how much we can be affected by extreme weather events and how much damage such events can cause. Scientists and government produce climate projections of the future to help organisations minimise such damages under a changing future climate. Are climate projections being communicated in a format that you can understand? Are there easier, more intuitive, ways of visualising and communicating the same information? Take part in an online survey to share your views.
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Business resilience in Derbyshire
20th March 2013
On 12th March we held the last of the current series of business resilience workshops in the East Midlands. Our final port of call was Chesterfield in Derbyshire, and our hosts were Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce.
Business resilience in Nottinghamshire
13th February 2013
The fourth of our workshops for businesses in the East Midlands took place on 7th February, hosted by Boots in Nottingham. This workshop included a live demonstration of how severe weather can impact on a business, using nothing but rocks, sand, a pint glass and some water!
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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