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Let learning ripple through your organisation Speaker: Mary Dees Let learning ripple through your organisation Nationally Recognised “It is a very enjoyable method and way of understanding policy problems ” The Main Menu Main Menu Shows a virtual community with problems such as air and water Pollution, congestion, “The most advanced poor housing, unemployment, computer ledwaste. training poor health and rising course I have attended” The buildings represent the teams which work together as a local authority and their partners to improve the community and respond to the threat of climate change. Looking at the issues “An excellent way of exploring issues particularly the Teams are Town Hall; cross – cutting elements & Education, Training and Skills; how they impact across blocks” Third Sector; Housing; Report Screen Utilities; Transport ;Enterprise and Regulatory Agency; Health and Emergency Services. Each team is given a mission statement outlining their objectives. They are presented with updated reports to help them make decisions. Decisions, decisions, decisions Investment Having looked at their reports and developed a strategy the teams can invest their budgets. Can they balance their budget? Negotiate with other teams to implement both mitigation and adaptation strategies as well as address their everyday public service requirements. Advance the Round, see the Changes Update Round After all the budget decisions have been made the round is updated. Improvements made to the community are shown such as renewable energy, less pollution, recycling facilities, increase in wildlife and more sustainable housing. 3 rounds remain to deal with problems The Score The score shows how the teams have performed on the national indicators, Politics and Organisational Performance. Red = 0 – 3 Amber = 3 – 7 Green = 7 – 10 Public Opinion is also scored. 3 rounds remain to deal with problems The News After each round incidents can occur, if the right investments are not being made, such as flooding, coastal erosion and extreme weather events. “The course gave an excellent overview on the scale of the challenge ahead and the difficult decisions that need to be take” Feedback What learning message delegates said they would take away: Communication between groups is essential to ensure options are covered / not repeated Climate change adaptation and mitigation is complex, there are many different inter-related factors Climate change can be adapted to by all departments across businesses, not just environmental departments “Climate change is an issue that everyone can have an affect on and no one organisation can tackle this issue alone “Good to look at outcome of choices and how objectives can be met from a number of initiatives”