Climate Disadvantage: What are the social impacts of climate change?
This event provided a unique opportunity for 50 local stakeholders to consider how climate impacts like flooding and heatwaves will affect the most vulnerable people in particular communities. The event was held on 16th April 2012 in Loughborough. It was organised by Leicestershire County, Leicester City and Rutland County Councils, and was supported and facilitated by Climate East Midlands.
Katharine Knox, Programme Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, gave an overview of the JRF's work on social justice and climate change.
Prof John O'Neill, Hallsworth Chair in Political Economy at the University of Manchester, explained what is meant by "social vulnerability" to climate change.
Dr Sarah Lindley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, firstly explained the work done to map social vulnerability to climate change as part of a JRF-commissioned study, and then presented detailed case studies focusing on specific locations in Leicestershire and Leicester.
Mike Peverill, Climate Change Coordinator, Climate East Midlands, gave a scene-setting presentation introducing the climate change projections, the headline findings from the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, and an overview of progress to date to build resilience to climate change in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
The presentations are available to download here, apart from Dr Sarah Lindley's case studies presentation, which is available on request. Please contact [email protected]
See also the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's microsite on climate change and social justice, and in particular their report on Climate Change, Justice and Vulnerability.
File Downloads
Katharine Knox's (JRF) presentation | (pdf 277kb)
John O'Neill's (University of Manchester) presentation | (pdf 56kb)
Sarah Lindley's (University of Manchester) presentation | (pdf 1.1MB)
Mike Peverill's (Climate East Midlands) presentation | (pdf 1.3MB)
