Preparing for a changing climate event

Partnerships attended an event to learn more about preparing for a changing climate in Oxfordshire.

Climate change adaptation event

On 20 January 2010 representatives from Local Strategic Partnerships and Thematic Partnerships from across Oxfordshire attended a workshop at the Oxford Town Hall to learn more about:

• the climate impacts likely to affect Oxfordshire in the future;
• work that is already underway to make Oxfordshire more resilient to climate change;
• what Local Strategic Partnerships will need to do to take a methodical approach to adapting, based on likely climate impacts, and establish adaptation actions in their future plans.

The workshop was organised and facilitated by a working group of Oxfordshire local authorities set up to deliver the climate change targets in the Local Area Agreement, NI 185 and NI 188, on behalf of the Oxfordshire Waste and Environment Partnership. The workshop featured a presentation by Liz Greenhalgh from the UK Climate Impacts Programme based in Oxford setting the overall context of climate change adaptation and why it’s important to improve our resilience.

A highlight of the workshop was the 'adaptation game' - a climate risk exercise designed by Mark Saunders. Participants were challenged to get to grips with the levels of risk they're exposed to by thinking about the effects of recent extreme weather events on their own organisations, and how they may need to respond to reduce their exposure to risk and financial cost.

Programme and presentations

View the programme and presentations from the event below:

• Programme - Preparing for a Changing Climate (.pdf format, 21 Kb)
• Attendee list - (.pdf format, 12 Kb)
• Item 2 -  UK Climate Impacts Programme - Liz Greenhalgh (.pdf format, 3.5 MB)
• Item 3 - The Regional Context - GOSE (.pdf format 15 Kb)
• Item 4a - Local Authorities - Paul Robinson (.pdf format, 1.3 MB)
• Item 4b - Health Implications - Liz Steel (.pdf format, 681 Kb)
• Item 4c - Environment Agency - Rosemary Redmond (.pdf format, 809 Kb)
• Item 6a - Local Climate Impact Profiles - Susie Ohlenschlager (.pdf format, 426 Kb)
• Item 6b - Risk Management - Heather Saunders (.pdf format, 70 Kb)
• Item 7 - Climate Risk Game - Mark Saunders (.pdf format, 22 Kb)
• Item 8 -  Discussion - Debbie Haynes (.pdf format, 49 Kb)
• Discussion notes - Astrid Blackburn (pdf format, 12 Kb)

Further information

The delivery group will continue to work with the Partnerships to ensure that their future plans assess the potential risks to delivery as a result of a changing climate. To find out more contact susie.ohlenschlager@oxfordshire.gov.uk or phone 01865 810148.

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