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Resilient Growth – An Information Note for Local Enterprise Partnerships
— This presentation is designed to be used by anyone seeking to engage Local Enterprise
Partnerships and economic regeneration colleagues locally.
— It is intended to open a dialogue with LEPs to assist them to understand why they should
incorporate climate change adaptation and resilience, and how they might achieve it.
— The presentation follows the format of the published Resilient Growth – An Information
Note (available at www.climateuk.net) which seeks to signpost to the growing number of
tools and resources available to assist. The document text is included in the notes,
however please refer to the document for links to resources.
— It is intended that this presentation will be adapted to suit your needs, but ensure that the
Climate UK and the Environment Agency’s branding is retained.
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Resilient Growth - The Case for Action
— ‘Reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases are not happening fast enough. Preparing
societies for the impacts of climate change must therefore happen in tandem with
mitigation efforts’. [World Economic Forum 2014]
— The climate is changing which no longer makes business as usual an option.
— There is uncertainty in the exact impacts, but businesses are used to operating in
uncertainty.
— 40% of SMEs feel noticeably ‘weaker’ as a consequence of extreme weather due to loss
of customers, reduced income, and problems with cash flow.
— It makes business sense to act now rather than later, with every £1 spent now saves £4
in investment down the line.
— The global market in adaptation goods is worth £70bn and predicted to grow at 7% pa.
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What LEPs can do.
— 4 key areas of activity:
— Resilient Infrastructure - Ensuring capital
investment is resilient to climatic and other
environmental shocks;
— Resilient Businesses - Embedding climate risk
and resilience into business support activity;
— Resilience Opportunities - Capitalising on the
growth in adaptation goods and services.
— Governance - Effective, transparent and
accountable processes.
— Information Note breaks these down and provides case
studies and links to evidence and tools.
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Resilient Infrastructure
£1 spent now in adapting will save £4 in damages later on , so ensuring your investment is
weather and climate resilient makes business sense now.
It also can:
— Safeguard investment for the future, minimising maintenance and damages
— Provide longer term confidence for business investment and inward investment
— Create more desirable buildings and developments
— Encourage staff retention through improved working conditions
— Improve your image and reputation
— Potentially reduce insurance premiums.
— Provide multiple benefits, including health protection and local environmental
enhancements.
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Resilient Infrastructure – What a LEP can do.
— Promote Building-Level Resilience
— Challenge developers and investors to
— Assess the Resilience of Your Key Sites
— Work with climate specialists and local planners to
assess sites early.
— Public Realm.
— Integrate green and blue infrastructure.
— Transport Infrastructure.
— Networks are critical to local resilience – ensure
specifications factor in climate.
— Interdependencies.
— Understand how the resilience of utliities and
services impact on your investments.
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Resilient Infrastructure – Case Studies.
CHESHIRE & WARRINGTON STRATEGIC SITE ASSESSMENT
— The Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership has assessed all of its strategic
development sites for both climate risk and opportunities for carbon reduction and
renewable energy. This will inform future priorities and has provided a platform for
discussion with local businesses to build their adaptive capacity.
LOWER DOVE, DERBYSHIRE
— The Environment Agency worked with local stakeholders and a major employer, Nestle, to
raise and extend existing flood defences along the River Dove. The £9.33m scheme,
including a partnership contribution from Nestle, safeguarded 400 local jobs and created
an additional 400 jobs.
ANYTOWN PROJECT.
— London Resilience brought together more than 100 experts from some 50 London
organisations to discuss the potential implications of disruption to electricity and water
supply, and map out the knock-on effects.
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Resilient Businesses
80% of businesses which do not have an emergency plan in
place do not recover from a major incident such as a flood.
40% of SMEs feel noticeably ‘weaker’ as a consequence of
extreme weather due to loss of customers, reduced income,
and problems with cash flow.
Taking action on business resilience can lead to:
— Direct reduction in business interruption from direct and supply
chain weather impacts
— Leaner and more competitive businesses
— Reduced damage to assets, meaning lower maintenance and
replacement costs
— Potential for reduced insurance premiums
— Improved health and safety provision for staff
— Promotes effective leadership.
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Resilient Businesses – What a LEP can do.
— Business Level Risk and Resilience Assessments
— Embed resilience into your business support offer.
— Sector-based approaches
— Work with your sector support organisations
— Supply Chain Approaches
— Work with large businesses and clusters to maximise impact
— Supporting leadership
— Develop management and
leadership skills to capitalise
on future opportunities and
minimise risk.
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Resilient Businesses – Case Studies
WEATHERING THE STORM
— Climate UK’s local climate change partnerships have worked
with a number of local areas and LEPs to produce a practical
guides for businesses to embed climate resilience.
BRIGHTON MARINA
— Staff at Brighton Marina undertook a Level 3 Business
Resilience qualification, which they felt they helped them to
weather last winter’s storms because of the knowledge they
gained.
BUSINESS ADAPTATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME
— Sustainability West Midlands provided support to hundreds of
local businesses on adaptation, including Severn Trent and
Birmingham Airport supply chains using the Business Health
Check Tool.
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Resilience Opportunities
Global value of the Adaptation and Resilience (Climate Change)
Sector (A&RCC) is estimated at £68.7bn (£2.1bn in the UK)
Growing well above trend at around 5% in the UK, and predicted to
increase globally to more than 7% by 2015/16.
It can lead to:
— Direct business growth above current trends;
— Access to a significant global market accelerating to more than
7% per annum
— Access to the knowledge base within universities and
academia locally
— Further development of local USPs
— Opportunities for professional development
— Recognition as a leading area.
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Resilience Opportunities – What a LEP can do.
— Encourage innovation and knowledge transfer.
— Support SME’s to adapt products and services and collaboration with universities.
— Engage your key sectors – especially:
— Architectural Services
— Climate Change & Risk Management
— Drainage, Water Management & Irrigation
— Finance
— Transport
— Construction
— Build the Adaptation Market Locally.
— Use procurement and specifications to further innovation and best practice.
— Embed Adaptation Skills
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Resilience Opportunities – Case Studies.
UK FLOOD BARRIERS
— Based in Worcestershire is one of fastest growing companies in UK over the last 4 years.
A local business owner was flooded, developed an innovative flood barrier technology,
and is now exporting around the world from Thailand to the United States
WATER MANAGEMENT FOR GROWTH
— The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) supported the creation of
5,440 jobs through 11 water management and flood resilience projects funded by £20.5m
of Growth Funds.
WATER INNOVATION FOR GROWTH
— Liverpool City Region LEP has investigated its water innovation capacity to explore the
potential for leveraging excellence in water management for economic development.
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Governance
— Make your plans resilient
— It is critical to embed climate resilience early in plan
development – engage climate specialists early.
— Embed Advocacy
— Ensure that someone on the Board (and in key
sub-groups) has responsibility to embed
adaptation.
— Appraise Projects for Climate Risk
— Focus on large projects which are long-term and
currently experience impacts.
— Build Partnerships and Cross-Border Working
— Report your successes
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Summary - The 10-point Approach
1. Identify someone with responsibility for adaptation.
2. Understand your current vulnerability to weather and how this may change over time.
3. Focus on understanding the risk for your critical elements of your economy.
4. Ask questions about the resilience of local infrastructure and services.
5. Appraise all projects for resilience initially based upon ‘Value at Risk’.
6. Understand and support your strengths in adaptation goods and services.
7. Challenge suppliers and developers to incorporate smart solutions to climate risk.
8. Ask your business support providers to include resilience training and resources
9. Embed climate change into your skills offer, especially for management and leadership.
10. Collaborate with those you rely upon, or share impacts and intelligence with.
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The Information Note
— Produced by Climate UK in collaboration with the
Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Service.
— Input from Defra and LEPs.
— Designed to help LEPs embed climate resilience into
their plans and strategies.
— Start of a conversation – we do not have all the
answers.
— Mainly aimed at LEP support structures - outlines
approaches for ESIF and Growth Funds, and signposts
to resources and tools available.
— Can be tailored to signpost to local contacts.
— Available at www.climateuk.net.
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Climate UK & Climate Ready
— Climate UK is a family of climate change partnerships in England, together with their
equivalents in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Our offer to LEPs is our collective
adaptation expertise, combined with our local knowledge drawn from extensive networks
of organisations and relationships with key individuals throughout the whole of the UK.
Further information is available at www.climateuk.net
— The Climate Ready Support Service, led by the Environment Agency, provides advice
and support to the public, private and voluntary sectors to enable them to adapt to the
changing climate. Further information is available at
www.gov.uk/government/policies/adapting-to-climate-change.
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