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The development of the
Severn Climate Change RAG
Dr Rhoda Ballinger
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• Progress to date
– Background research
– Bristol January 07 Workshop
• Today’s discussion
– Development of Research Advisory
Group
• Future developments & events
“We have oceans of
data,
rivers of information,
puddles of knowledge
and the odd drop of
wisdom.”
Nix H. “A National Geographic
information – an Achievable Objective?
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Preliminary work
Climate Change: Impetus & Preliminary Work
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• Impetus:
– Severn Estuary Strategy
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– INTERREG COREPOINT
funding
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• Preliminary work
– Review of research strategy
development of other UK
coastal partnerships
– SEP discussions
• JAC / MG
Lead to focus on climate change
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Climate Change: Preliminary Work
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• Severn Estuary Research
Citations Database
– over 450 references
– ENDNOTE
• Severn Estuary Contacts list
– 135 organisations
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Bristol Workshop
Bristol Workshop: Aims & Attendance
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• Aims:
– To raise awareness, network scientists &
professionals
– To identify research priorities related to climate
change
– To explore integration of research / policy
• Attendees:
– representatives from universities, government
agencies, ngos and local authorities around the
Estuary
Focus of Bristol Workshop
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• Presentations:
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Impacts of climate change on the Severn Estuary
Thames Estuary Partnership Research Forum
Planning & management perspectives (UKCCIP; EA)
Science perspective
• Discussions focused on:
– The research community’s needs & aspirations on
coastal change
– Policy makers needs for climate change information
– Synergies between priorities for coastal climate change
research from researchers & policies makers
– Preliminary discussions on the development of a
Severn Climate Change Advisory Group
Bristol Workshop Outcomes & Outputs
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• Outcomes:
– Useful networking opportunity
& benefits
– Agreement to pursue Severn
Climate Change Research
Advisory Group
– Agreement to bring discussions
to the Severn Estuary Forum
• Outputs
– Report including presentations
– Summary of meeting
• including suggested research
priorities
• ideas for RAG development
Bristol Workshop Research Priorities
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• Key priorities:
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Downscaling of climate change assessment for the estuary
Assessments of the state of the whole estuary
Social and economic assessment of climate change impacts
Mapping of assets (including nature conservation, built
heritage and tourism) at risk from climate change
– Implications of climate change on coastal risk management
– Identification of the climate change-related scientific and
research inputs required for estuary-wide, local authority and
other plans
• Driving factors:
– renewables
– tourism; beach management
Research Outputs Required
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• Updated, projected
probabilistic estimates
of climate change
• Development and
monitoring of key
indicators
• Risk and scenariobased predictions
• Visualisation of how the
estuary is going to
change
Flatholm
Future?!
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Development of Severn
Research Advisory
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- today’s discussions
including comments from ‘critical friend’
Graham Lymbery, Sefton
RAG: Development considerations
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• Purpose & Membership - a forum for:
 Linking researchers with interests on climate change in
the Severn Estuary
 Linking researchers with policy-makers & user groups
 Priorities from today’s workshop
 ‘bridge’ between strategic & tactical research
 need to define levels of risk with monitoring of
baseline indicators for future climate change
 need for signposting of existing & future research
(UKSSIP08)
 need to increase accessibility of & trust in existing
research (& research community)
 translation - plain & simple - mobilise the public
RAG Operating Procedures
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• Membership
• size & structure, need for dedicated Officer / Secretariat
• representation & responsibilities - other models e.g. CCO
• Operating procedures - small
• terms of reference
• potential frequency & topics of meetings
• reporting structures
• Links to other groups - SEP
• Funding support - incremental
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Future development
Future Development & Events
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• Future development:
– Small Steering Group
• RAG & Research Priorities
• Research needs
– Review of citations &
contacts databases
• CoastNET / COREPOINT
conference
– Conference on Coastal
Climate Change
– Friday 22 June 2007, Cardiff
– SPACES still available:
• SEP partners REDUCED
conference fee of #50
• Autumn Second Workshop
– October 19 (Friday), Cardiff
Thank you
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Further information:
General COREPOINT enquiries / Climate change:
[email protected]
Report & other materials available from:
http://www.severnestuary.net/sep/publications/
workshopreports.html