Climate Change Adaptation Report Round 4

5.0 Next steps for the development and implementation of actions

5.1  The Pathway Group will be finalizing the Adaptation and Resilience Action Plan focusing on the high and medium priority categories and will be establishing links with other local authorities to learn from their experience in an effort to establish best practice and to help benchmark performance. 

5.2   A review of case studies with examples of good practice is to be finalised for the benefit of Pathway Group members to assist the team in establishing the latest developments and for identifying approaches to adopt and practical actions to address in the future.

Table 9: Best practice case studies of standalone adaptation plans from local authorities

Local Authority

Overview

Key feature: risk assessment

Key feature: clear plan of action

Key feature: case studies

Key feature: monitoring & evaluation indicators

Key feature: partnership approach

Reading Borough Council, 2019  

The plan covers in-depth the weather events that have hit the Borough in recent years, the impacts that climate change could have on each sector and specific development sites, case studies and recommendations for next steps. Impact themes:

  • water resources
  • low carbon development
  • health
  • transport
  • nature and,  
  • consumption

           X

     X

      X

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Edinburgh Council, 2016-2020 

With climate risk assessment, 2014 

Expired in 2020, very clear layout and structure. Action plan covers:

  • governance
  • natural environment
  • built environment and/or infrastructure
  • flood prevention and,
  • society and economy

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     X

      X

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          X

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, 2013 

This is a very action orientated plan and is informed by a risk assessment and what the current and/or recent historic picture of incidents is in the area.

Actions are split by hazard type, rather than by sector:

  • flood
  • heat-related actions and,
  • winter hazards

          X

     X

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Aberdeen City Council, 2022 

Climate risk assessment, using CCRA3 as framework 

Framework uses an evidence base and risk assessment against local and national drivers. The overarching principles are:

  • prevent
  • protect
  • inform
  • collaborate and,
  • innovate

These form actions that are categorised into:

  • buildings & infrastructure
  • flooding and coastal change 
  • natural environment
  • society & economy and,
  • research and development

           X

     X

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         X

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Adaptation Plan for Devon & Cornwall & IoS, 2023-2027 

This in-depth strategy and action plan is overseen by the Devon & Cornwall Climate Impacts Group (CIG), which is led by the 3 councils (including Isles of Scilly (IoS)).The plan itself is split into levels of:

  • policy
  • organisation and,
  • community and individual

and is further categorised by sectors, following the CCRA3 themes.

           X

     X

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-

          X

Glasgow City Council, 2020 (GCR), 2022 (GCC) 

Climate risk assessment 

Glasgow has recently produced 2 plans; 1 for the City Region (GCR), which provides high-level actions and interventions which should build capacity and lay the ground for action, and 1 that is more of a specific list of practical actions that the City Council (GCC) has a more direct influence over. 

          X

     X

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Cork County Council, 2019-2024 

This plan is informed by a risk assessment and is broken into the following categories:

  • governance & operations
  • infrastructure & built environment
  • land-use & development
  • flood management
  • natural environment & heritage 
  • communities & health

It also includes case studies which are showing tangible action already taking place.

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     X

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         X

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