Transcript Building climate change considerations into the planning process

A changing climate for planning
Mike Peverill
East Midlands Councils
Building climate
change
considerations into
the planning process
Contents
1. Policy Context
2. What kind of future?
3. Views from the Committee on Climate Change
4. Latest Guidance
5. How have we helped?
Policy Context
• National Planning Policy Framework
• Localism Act 2011
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol
Durban Platform for Enhanced Action
EU 20:20:20 targets
Climate Change Act 2008
Flood and Water Management Act 2010
Energy Act 2011
• Nottingham Declaration 2000
• National Indicators 185, 186, 188 (2008 – 10)
• Climate Local 2012
What kind of future are we planning for?
Future climate scenarios
Source: IPCC
UK Climate Projections 2009 (UKCP09)
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Projections maps and key
findings
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User Interface
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Weather Generator
Map outputs from UKCP09
Headline messages from UKCP09
• Hotter, drier summers
• Milder, wetter winters
• More extreme events
Implications of the climate projections
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment - Headline messages for English regions
Reported to Parliament on 26th January 2012
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Defra have asked us not to circulate details in advance of
publication in late Jan 2012
Local authority action is required to
help us achieve carbon budgets
400
Actual emissions
380
360
340
MtCO2e
320
Underlying (weather adjusted)
trend (2009-2010)
Emissions trajectory to meet
fourth budget
300
260
Emissions trajectory without
energy efficiency, sustainable
travel, and waste measures
240
Fourth carbon budget
280
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How local authorities can reduce
emissions and manage climate risks
Committee on Climate Change, 2012
http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/localauthorities
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Summary of headline messages
"Adapting to climate change in the UK - measuring progress"
Adaptation Sub-Commitee Progress Report - 14 July 2011
(Extract from presentation by Lord John Krebbs, Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee)
1. UK is coping with current climate variability
Some sectors are near the limits and vulnerability is likely to increase
2. Low-regret actions could be taken now
3. Long-term decisions not fully incorporating climate adaptation
Adapting to climate change in the
UK - measuring progress
Adaptation Sub-Committee, July 2011
http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/adap
tation/2nd-progress-report-2011
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Latest Guidance
http://www.tcpa.org.uk/pages/climate-change-adaptation-by-design.html
How have we helped?
1. Regional Renewable Energy Opportunity study, 2011
2. Decentralised Energy (with Carbon Trust/Aecom)
3. Planning for Adaptation (with UK Climate Impacts Programme
and Town and County Planning Association)
4. Community Skills for Climate Change (with Groundwork East
Midlands)
5. New Hydropower planning guidance
Wind energy opportunity map for South Holland District
All maps available at: http://www.emcouncils.gov.uk/Renewable-Energy-Study
Decentralised Energy
Masterclass 1: Creating policy to encourage Sustainable Development (8
November, 2011 Mansfield)
Masterclass 2: Rural Opportunities for Decentralised Energy (17 November,
2011 Nottingham)
Masterclass 3: Energy from Waste (8 December, 2011 Lincoln)
Masterclass 4: Planning for Wind (18 January, 2012 Daventry)
Masterclass 5: CHP (20 January, 2012 Leicester)
Masterclass 6: ESCos (6 March, 2012 Nottingham)
Final event: (12 March Melton Mowbray)
Outputs: 5 Case Studies from Mansfield, Central Lincolnshire, Daventry,
Leicester and Lincoln (published end June 2012)
Plus all presentations from events
Download from this link:
http://www.climate-em.org.uk/resources/item/Decentralised-energy-slides-from-masterclasses-
Planning for Decentralised Energy - examples
Planning for Adaptation
• Introductory Workshops (October 2011 - Nottingham, Chesterfield,
Leicester and Northampton)
• Locality workshops (November 2011 - Northampton and
Nottingham)
• Thematic workshops (January/February 2012 - Leicester,
Chesterfield and Nottingham)
• Leadership event (February 2012)
• Outputs: 5 Thematic papers (published end June 2012) plus all
presentations from events
Download from this link:
http://www.climate-em.org.uk/resources/item/climate-change-training-for-planners-planning-for-adaptation1
Planning to adapt at different spatial scales
From Climate Change Adaptation by Design, TCPA 2007
http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/bd_cca.pdf
Planning to manage water at catchment scale
Derwent Land
Management
project,
Environment
Agency
Community Skills for Climate Change
• New web resource ‘Planning for climate change’ to help
communities better understand how to engage with the planning
system
• Small grants for Climate Friendly Communities (8 projects supported
in Derbyshire, Leicester, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire)
• Learning and Networking events
• Outputs: 8 Community Case Studies (Bakewell, Beeston,
Chesterfield, Hayfield, Newstead, Oundle, St Matthews, West
Bridgford)
• www.planningforclimatechange.org.uk
• Presentations from events
All available to download from: http://www.climate-em.org.uk/resources/category/community_skills
Conclusions
1. Climate-proof planning needs to incorporate both mitigation and adaptation - all
new developments need to be low carbon and also resilient
2. By not doing that, we are storing up more problems for the future and also
losing opportunities
3. There are some good examples of climate-proof planning across the region
4. Lots of high quality support has been provided
5. There’s a long way to go to make all this mainstream and systematic
Sustainable Drainage Scheme, Hamilton, Leicester
Contact Details
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