Adaptation Newsletter Archive
These are the occassional e-newsletters sent to the East Midlands Adaptation Network. If you would like to receive these e-newsletters in future, sign up for free to join the Adaptation Network.
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Severn Trent Water’s response to the Climate Change Act’s Adaptation Reporting Power
This presentation was given at the stakeholder workshop held by Severn Trent Water on 11th November 2010, during Changing Climate Weeks.
The aims of the workshop were to raise awareness of the work Severn Trent Water (STW) have been doing on adapting to climate change, to understand how the operations of public sector bodies may be affected by STW's decisions (and vice versa), and for STW to obtain feedback on their approach.
For more information contact Emma Hill: [email protected]
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Fit for the Future? A report of the Low Carbon Health Service Conference and Marketplace
"Fit for the Future? A Low Carbon Health Service Conference and Marketplace" was held on 18th November 2010, during Changing Climate Weeks. It was organised by the East Midlands NHS Sustainable Development Network, and developed in partnership with Climate East Midlands and Sustrans in the region. You can download the report of the conference, which gives an overview of the speeches, workshops and marketplace.
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment: context, purpose and progress
This presentation was given at the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (UK CCRA) stakeholder workshop for the East Midlands on 22nd November 2010, during Changing Climate Weeks. The first part of the presentation is an introduction to Defra's Adapting to Climate Change (ACC) Programme, and was given by Jackie Clayton, Defra. The second part of the presentation is an overview of the UK CCRA process, with relevance to the East Midlands, and was given by David Ramsbottom, HR Wallingford.
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Preparing for the CRC
Changing Climate Weeks event at the Ramada Hotel, Leicester, on 24th November 2010, with the London Energy Project.
Get answers to practical implementation problems associated with the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme and find out the very best bits of what others are doing. This event was run by the London Energy Project in support of Module 2 of their Guidance and Toolkit. Subscription to the Toolkit has been funded by EM IEP for East Midlands' local authorities.
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Climate change and flood risk: how are we preparing for the future?
This presentation was given by Paul Lockhart, Environment Agency, at the Flood Risk Management workshop during Changing Climate Weeks on 3rd November 2010.
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Adaptation Action Plan Template
This template was used in an exercise at the workshop titled "A changing climate for LSPs: risks and opportunities" during Changing Climate Weeks on 9th November 2010.
The template is designed to help organisations go through the steps required to produce an adaptation action plan, by conducting a risk-based assessment of threats and opportunities, and then assigning relevant adaptive measures in response.
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Next steps in adaptation
This presentation was given by Debbie Hill, Climate Change Manager at Nottingham City Council, at the workshop titled "A changing climate for LSPs: risks and opportunities" during Changing Climate Weeks on 9th November 2010. It gives an introduction to climate change adaptation, presents the business case for adaptation, and gives an overview of the steps involved in risk-based assessment of vulnerability to climate change.
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Adaptation Planning at Nottingham Trent University
This presentation was given by Grant Anderson, Nottingham Trent University's Environmental Manager, at the workshop titled "A changing climate for LSPs: risks and opportunities" during Changing Climate Weeks on 9th November 2010. NTU's adaptation work was presented as a case study.
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The Wrapper edition 4 Autumn 2010
This is the fourth edition of The Wrapper newsletter, which includes the outline programme for Changing Climate Weeks 2 throughout November and a really interesting and exciting mix of stories including:
- Royal approval for the Meadows Ozone Energy Services Company (MOZES)
- A new East Midlands Mayday Network for businesses on climate change
- Details of the winners of this year's Carbon Positive Awards (Boots, Loughborough University and Larkfleet Group)
- Almost £1m for the East Midlands to build skills for tackling climate change within local government
- Carbon reduction programmes for councils, schools and NHS Trusts all getting underway
- 10th Anniversary of the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change
- Approval of plans for the UK's first gasification power plant in Boston, which will run on waste wood and sewage sludge
- Vive Le Nation Trust! how a trainee gardener at Hardwick Hall went to learn about gardening in the warmer climate of southern France
- More sand for Lincolnshire beaches and more woods for Leicestershire
Enjoy!
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Weathering the Storm: a business guide to climate change adaptation
Climate East Midlands has published a guide to help business adapt to climate change, called "Weathering the storm: saving and making money in a changing climate."
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Business Resilience Healthcheck
This ‘Business Resilience Healthcheck’ has been developed by Business in the Community North East to help make your business more resilient to the risks it will face both now, and in the future.
Completing this healthcheck will allow you to:
- Become more resilient to interruptions that your business faces every day.
- Identify areas within your business that could be impacted from extreme weather and future climate change.
- Offer advice on how you can adapt to prepare for a changing climate.
- Upon completion, you will receive a bespoke report outlining the actions your business should address; colour coded for risk and prioritisation purposes.
Take the Business Resilience Healthcheck.
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DEFRA Future Worlds Images
The six images presented here show potential ways to adapt to climate change in both urban and natural environments, based on our understanding of what the climate will be like in 2030. The images show:
- a 2030s domestic house
- a 2030s cityscape
- 2030s major infrastructure
- a future farm
- 2030s countryside
- 2030s coastal
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Making Feed In Tariffs work for you: a toolkit for Local Authorities and Housing Associations
The Energy Saving Trust has developed some new guidance on Feed In Tariffs.
This provides a range of information on:
- what FITs are
- solar PV
- the benefits and business case for a PV roll out
- finance models (including SW sunroofs case study)
- a step-by-step guide to making a project happen
- risk assessment
- procurement issues
It also includes a new FIT calculator for looking at carbon and financial savings for a large scale PV roll out. This guidance follows on from the four FIT events that have been held across England.
Use the following link to access the toolkit:
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/business/Business/Local-Authorities/Funding/Feed-in-Tariffs
For further information contact Tim Saunders, email: [email protected] or tel: 0115 959 7686.
Feed In Tariffs: a view from the front line
This presentation was given at the Feed In Tariffs event by Jerome Baddley, Nottingham Energy Partnership, during Changing Climate Weeks on 20th July 2010.
For further information contact Tim Saunders, email: [email protected] or tel: 0115 959 7686.
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Small scale renewable energy case studies: impact of Feed In Tariffs
This presentation was given at the Feed In Tariffs event by Tom Bailey. ARUP, during Changing Climate Weeks on 20th July 2010.
For further information contact Tim Saunders, email: [email protected] or tel: 0115 959 7686.
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Local Authorities: leading the low carbon revolution
This presentation was given at the Feed In Tariffs event by Tony Bosworth, Friends of the Earth, during Changing Climate Weeks on 20th July 2010.
For further information contact Tim Saunders, email: [email protected] or tel: 0115 959 7686.
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Elected Member Workbook on Climate Change
"Climate Change: Key Facts and the Business Case"
This is a workbook published by the IDeA Leadership Academy, for elected members.
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Introducing Climate East Midlands
This short film was commissioned by EM IEP and introduces the work done by Climate East Midlands.
Visit http://www.eastmidlandsiep.gov.uk/emiep-tv/1/41/ to view the film.
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Where does your timber come from? Help for Local Authorities
Published by The Central Point of Expertise for TImber Procurement (CPET), the Timber Trade Federation, and WWF, this leaflet contains timber procurement facts, six steps to implementing a sustainable timber policy, and dispels myths. It also signposts where to go for further support and information.
This resource relates to the Sustainable Timber Procurement session at the "Carbon Allsorts" event on 15th July 2010, during Changing Climate Weeks.
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The development and adoption of a sustainable timber procurement policy
This case study has been published by the North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership, The Central Point of Expertise for Timber Procurement (CPET), and Durham County Council.
From the introduction:
"The purpose of this case study is to describe the development of a local authority sustainable timber procurement policy and the progress made to date in its implementation. This policy developed is the first local authority policy which is consistent with the UK Government national policy on timber procurement."
This resource relates to the Sustainable Timber Procurement session at the "Carbon Allsorts" event on 15th July 2010, during Changing Climate Weeks.
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Carbon management and organisational change: doing more with less
This presentation was given at the "Carbon Allsorts" event by Laura Mayhew-Manchon, Nottingham Energy Partnership, during Changing Climate Weeks on 15th July 2010.
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Feed In Tariffs: an introduction
This presentation was given at the "Carbon Allsorts" event by Nottingham Energy Partnership, during Changing Climate Weeks on 15th July 2010.
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Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme: current issues and how to resolve them
This presentation was given at the "Carbon Allsorts" event by Jerome Baddley and Laura Mayhew-Manchon, Nottingham Energy Partnership, during Changing Climate Weeks on 15th July 2010.
Water energy calculator
Take a tour through EST's virtual home and answer the quick and easy questions to find out how you can make savings on both your water and energy bills.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Water
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The Planning to Adapt Project: Key messages so far
This presentation was given at the "Introduction to Adaptation" workshop by Mike Peverill, Regional Climate Change Coordinator, during Changing Climate Weeks on 14th July 2010.
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What is climate change, what do the projections tell us, and what is adaptation?
This presentation was given at the "Introduction to Adaptation" workshop by Rajni Sisodiya and Michael Howard, Climate Adaptation Project Officers, during Changing Climate Weeks on 14th July 2010.
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Acting on CO2 in the East Midlands (2010, mitigation)
Climate change mitigation case studies are featured in the Government Office for the East Midlands' Spring 2010 edition of “Acting on CO2 in the East Midlands".
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Acting on CO2 in the East Midlands (2009, adaptation)
Published by the Government Office for the East Midlands, the Acting on CO2 booklet 2009 contains case studies of activities and projects which demonstrate adaptation to a changing climate.
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Acting on CO2 in the East Midlands (2008, mitigation)
Published by the Government Office for the East Midlands, the Acting on CO2 booklets provide a snapshot of what is happening in the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate.
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Annual Report 2009-10
This Annual Report (April 2010) for the year 2009-10 describes the progress made by Climate East Midlands in implementing the Programme of Action on Climate Change. It includes a summary of progress on adaptation and mitigation as measured through the National indicators NI 186 and NI188 and also some highlighted achievements on the different priority action areas.
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Adapting Through Natural Interventions project report
Final report (May 2010) of the Adapting Through Natural Interventions project delivered for Climate East Midlands by consultants Aecom. This literature review considered how the natural environment can help us adapt to a changing climate and also incorporated a scoping study for a decision making tool to help quantify the socio-economic benefits of different kinds of natural environment interventions.
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Changing Climate Weeks Summer 2010 programme
Summary of events happening during the middle fortnight of July 2010 'Changing Climate Weeks'. Booking information for all events can be found here.
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The Wrapper Newsletter: Summer 2010
This is the third edition of our quarterly newsletter and includes a programme of events we've called Changing Climate Weeks (Summer 2010).
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The potential impacts of climate change in the East Midlands
The regional climate change impacts study was first carried out in 2000. Here you can download the Summary Report, which assumes no prior knowledge, and the Technical Report, which is intended for the specialist reader. An updated Technical Report, produced in 2004, is also available, and takes into account the UKCIP02 climate projections. We are currently working to update the findings in the light of the UKCP09 climate projections.
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The Wrapper Newsletter: Spring 2010
This is the second edition of our quarterly newsletter, with all the news on partnership and stakeholder activity around the region.
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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme factsheet
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme factsheet explains the new energy emissions trading scheme for the UK, starting in 2010.
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Training Resource
This downloadable resource was developed to support member training. It comprises a set of modules that may be used separately or together and is supported by a trainer briefing pack. January 2010.
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Preparing for the Carbon Reduction Commitment
EM IEP has funded the subscription to the London Energy Project (LEP) guide and toolkit ‘Preparing for the Carbon Reduction Commitment’. It is available to all East Midlands local authorities, fire authorities and the Peak District National Park. Subscribers have access to this and to regular updates on changes to the CRC scheme.
Visit www.haringey.gov.uk/landing_page_crc
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Carbon dioxide emissions estimates 2005-2007
This link is to the Department of Energy and Climate Change webpage that presents estimates of carbon dioxide emissions in 2005-2007 for Local Authority (NUTS4) and Government Office Region (NUTS1) areas. A revision to these statistics was published on 9 November 2009. Currently only the statistics themselves have been updated but revised versions of the reports will be published in due course. The statistics were originally published on 17 September 2009.
Includes the 2007 CO2 emissions at local authority and government office region level.
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/climate_change/climate_change.aspx
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UK Climate Projections
The UK Climate Projections have been created to help the UK to plan for a changing climate. The Projections contain information on observed and future climate change, based on the latest scientific understanding. This website will tell you more about the UK Climate Projections
http://ukclimateprojections.defra.gov.uk/
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Act on CO2 calculator
Link to the Act on CO2 calculator from the Department of Energy and Climate Change(DECC) website
http://carboncalculator.direct.gov.uk/index.html
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2005 CO2 emissions by sector in the East Midlands
Visualisations showing 2005 CO2 emissions by sector in the East Midlands
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Adaptation Risk Assessment Methodology
This toolkit includes a detailed guide to the risk assessment methodology developed and used in the East Midlands to assess risks from climate change to Local Authority services, LSP partners, and LSP objectives. You can download a selection of templates to help you record your risk assessment data, and minimise any danger of reinventing the wheel! All that we ask is that you acknowledge the source.
(c) East Midlands NI 188 Planning to Adapt Project 2009-2010.
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Regional Programme of Action 2009 - 2011
Regional Programme of Action 2009 - 2011
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The Wrapper Newsletter first edition
The first edition of our newsletter ‘The Wrapper’, designed to keep our stakeholders informed about our activities and conveying some of the many climate related stories from around the region.
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