The 7 Gloucestershire Councils have committed themselves, within the Gloucestershire Local Area Agreement, to achieve Level 3 by the end of 2011/12.
To achieve the target the partners have put together a programme of collective activities that will help each individual organisation embed the management of climate risks over time. The programme has been designed so that as many senior managers, key professionals and elected members as possible in the partner organisations are enabled go through a common awareness raising programme during 2009.
The first two events were designed for the lead climate change elected member, director and officer from each of the partners.
The event was facilitated by the Climate Outreach Information Network (COIN) and explored the full range of adaptation issues in order to build a common understanding. The event pack can be downloaded below.
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Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Workshop Notes (PDF 1,577 KB)
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Further Notes (PDF 122 KB)
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Climate Change risk register final-final 15th Jan 2009 (PDF 23 KB)
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Gloucester Feedback (PDF 78 KB)
The focus for this event was on identifying existing management processes at our disposal and utilising these to embed the management of climate risks. Presentations covered emergency and risk management, the Gloucestershire Local Climate Impact profile (LCLiP) and strategic land use planning. In advance the partners had also commissioned a review of NI188 / adaptation preparedness and this was also discussed. The consultants report and the various presentations can be downloaded below:
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NI188 Review Report (PDF 467 KB)
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NI188 – Introduction to the day (PowerPoint 299 KB)
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NI188 - An Overview of Progress in Gloucestershire (PowerPoint 117 KB)
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Local Climate Impacts Profile (PowerPoint 2,543 KB)
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Climate Change Preparedness (PowerPoint 794 KB)
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Adapting to Climate Change - Landuse Planning (PowerPoint 11,197 KB)
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Adapting to Climate Change - Risk Management (PowerPoint 2,146 KB)
CDC will be the first District in the county to hold the Climate Change Risks and Adaptation workshop at the local level (see Event 1, January 24 2009 for details of syllabus). The event is being held for elected members and senior managers. It will lead into an action planning workshop at a later date that will help the Council develop its response.
CDC - Where is Cotswold District now on Adaptation?
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Cotswold Feedback (PDF 65 KB)
This is the first of the professional officer groupings to meet. The day is split into two parts. The Climate Change Risks and Adaptation workshop (see Event 1, January 24 2009 for details of syllabus) will form the basis of the morning session. The afternoon will be taken up with action planning with a focus on helping EPOs and RMs to understand how they can contribute to the achievement of NI 188 in the short term and in the longer term how they will ensure that adaptation continues to be a priority for their Councils.
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Climate Change Risk Management Workshops 2009 - Examples of risks and opportunities (PDF 84 KB)
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Climate Change Risk Management Workshops 2009 Handout (PDF 90 KB)
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Climate Change Preparedness (PowerPoint 839 KB)
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A Risk Management Approach to Climate Change (PowerPoint 2,162 KB)
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Notes from the Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Workshop (PDF 30 KB)
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County Feedback (PDF 61 KB)
During April and May 2009 the Gloucestershire Councils reviewed their progress against NI 188 in readiness to report this to Government. On May 29th The Gloucestershire Councils were pleased to announce that they had collectively achieved Level 1 of NI188; in line with the target contained within the county Local Area Agreement. A copy of the reporting matrix that sets out the performance of the Councils can be downloaded below.
