Transcript ppt 2.1MB - Climate East Midlands

Module 5
Adapting to climate change
What is can do for your community
Climate East Midlands
Overview
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What does the future look like?
UK impacts
East Midlands impacts
How will it affect your council?
Impacts and responses: planning/buildings &
houses/transport/environmental services/health and
social
• NI188 – the four stage process
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What does the future look like?
A. Little change - a few species lost
C – World changed beyond recognition
B. Big changes - technology coping
D – Human race facing extinction
Images:
Wiki
Commons
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The world is getting warmer
Source: European Environment Agency
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Climate change – UK impacts
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How will climate change impact the
East Midlands?
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Hotter, drier summers
2020s
+1.4ºC
Increased tourism
Increased heat stress
2020s
-6%
Increased drought
Infrastructure risks
2050s
+2.5ºC
Risks to biodiversity
Heat related deaths
2050s
-16%
Average summer temperature
Subsidence
Decreased crop yields
Serious water stress
Risk to food security
2080s
+3.5ºC
Reduced stream flow and
water quality
2080s
-20%
Average summer precipitation
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Warmer, wetter winters
2020s
+1.3ºC
2050s
+2.2ºC
2080s
+3.0ºC
Changes to natural
environment:
-increased vegetation growth
- increased pests
- biodiversity changes
Reduced occurrences of
frost/snow/ice
Reduced transport
disruption
Fewer cold related deaths
Average winter temperature
2020s
+5%
Increased winter flooding
Increased subsidence
Risks to urban drainage
2050s
+14%
Severe transport disruption
Risks to national
Infrastructure
2080s
+19%
Average winter precipitation
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Will climate change affect your council?
• Do you expect your building still to be in place in 50
years time?
• Do any of your streets or buildings get uncomfortably hot
during summer?
• Does your council area contain rivers, canals or
coastline?
• Do you have natural ecosystems, parks and gardens to
look after?
• Do you manage emergency services?
• Does your community face competition for water supply?
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Impacts and responses:
Planning
Impact
Response
Higher risk of flooding
Consider range of options for flood and coastal
management e.g. defence, locating new devt away
from risk
Hotter driver summers – pressure on water
resources
Consider potential water supply issues when siting
new development
Increased risk of flooding and severe weather
Ensure emergency procedures and equipment are
updated to meet increased risk
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Impacts and responses:
Housing and buildings
Impact
Response
Housing:
- Increased risk of subsidence
- Increase risk of flooding
- Increased temperatures
Plan for preventative maintenance
Restrict floodplain development
Improve insulation
Public buildings:
- Higher temperatures
Upgrade insulation and ventilation
Upgrade weatherproofing systems
Consider flood-proofing measures
- Wetter winters  damp
- Risk to floodplain/coastal buildings
Building design advice
Revise practice to ensure climate resilient
buildings
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Impacts and responses:
Transport and highways
Impact
Response
Transport planning:
- Increased risk of flood disruption
Heat stress on public transport
Plan to flood-proof or re-site infrastructure
Provide shade or cooled waiting areas
Highway maintenance:
- Road surface damage from higher
temperatures
- Increased rate of growth of road verges
- Reduced risk of frost/snow in winter
Re-examine road structural design
Use slower growing plants
Reduced need for road salting
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Impacts and responses:
Health & social
Impact
Response
Higher risk of skin cancer
Increase awareness of dangers of exposure,
Provide shade in public areas.
Heat stress to old, poor and vulnerable
Ensure adequate shade and cooling
Increased cases of food poisoning
Increase awareness of food hygiene practices and
revise best practice
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Impacts and response: Environmental services
Impact
Response
Greenspace management – year round grass
maintenance
Adapt maintenance schedules
Watercourse management – local flooding
Increase ditch clearing to obviate blockage
Waste services – rapid decay of rubbish in higher
temperatures
More frequent collections in summer
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NI188
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Level 0 – Getting started
Level 1 – Public commitment and impacts assessment
Level 2 – Comprehensive risk assessment
Level 3 – Comprehensive action plan
Level 4 – Implementation, monitoring and continuous
review
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Progress to-date
• IF RELEVANT, INCLUDE A SLIDE OUTLINING WHAT
THE COUNCIL HAS DONE SO FAR ON ADAPTATION
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Next steps
• IF RELEVANT, INCLUDE A SLIDE OUTLINING WHAT
THE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR THE COUNCIL COUNCIL
ON ADAPTATION
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