Tools and good practices for SEAP implementation - Hilton

1. Tools and good practices for SEAP implementation
Climate North East…
a part of the Climate UK family…
Adrian Hilton

2. Climate North East
•Broad partnership
•Works across business, local government and communities
•Coherent evidence base
•Effective communications
•Effective and extensive networks
•Mitigation and Adaptation
•Provides functions of a Supporting Structure
•Part of the Climate UK ‘family’

3. Climate UK
•Climate South East
•Climate South West
•Sustainability East
•Climate East Midlands
•Climate North West
•Your Climate
•Climate North East
•Sustainability West Midlands
•London Climate Change Partnership
•+ Devolved Administrations

4. The North East of England
•4 Counties
•12 municipalities (Local Authorities)
•All ‘Unitary’
•Borders Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Scotland

5. Varied size and nature of the 12 municipalities

6. The North East of England’s approach
•Coordinated political support to encourage sign-up
•Technical assistance in partnership with Climate NE
•Facilitation
•Catalyst
•Focus

7. The North East of England’s approach
•all North East England municipalities sign in February 2009
•the first region in the UK and EU to take this step…
•…but signing up is only the start…..

8. Development and delivery of SEAPs…
COLLABORATION
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9. COLLABORATION
The Barriers:
•Economic downturn
•Perceived competition for resources
•Reducing staff levels / loss of expertise The Need:
•‘Community of geography’
•Interrelationships between municipalities
•Pooling of technical resource / intelligence Our Approach
•Ensure strong political leadership
•Communicate the benefits
•Provide an independent focus and catalyst for collaboration
•Actively facilitate

10. Development and delivery of SEAPs…
Shared Assumptions
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11. SHARED ASSUMPTIONS
The Barriers:
•Very different municipalities
•Very different potentials across municipalities The Need:
•Enabling mutual understanding and recognition
•Developing a shared vision for the region’s approach
•Everybody ‘on the same page’ Our Approach
•Convene regular meetings and communications
•Scope out, develop and agree a series of assumptions
•Use this alongside CoM guidance in the development of SEAPs

12. Development and delivery of SEAPs…
A Common Approach
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13. A COMMON APPROACH
The Barriers:
•Municipalities at various stages in emissions reduction
•A variety of approaches and methodologies in place The Need:
•To deliver using limited resources
•Facilitate / enable peer support
•Enable cross-comparability Our Approach
•Procure a common platform for carbon reduction scenario modelling for all municipalities
•Provide training and support in its use
•Facilitate regular meetings to share experiences
•Ensure system could ‘visualise’ scenarios to engender continued political support

14. A COMMON APPROACH

15. Next Steps…
Continue to support SEAP development and delivery: mitigation
National Supporting Structure?
Mayors
Adapt
National Supporting Structure for Adaptation?
Building resilience: Adaptation

16. Tools for Adaptation…
•Climate UK – significant experience in supporting adaptation across all sectors
•Severe Weather Impact Monitoring System (SWIMS)
•Forthcoming Advanced Impact Monitoring System (AIMS)
•Business Resilience Health Check
•Fully accredited Business Resilience Qualification/s

17. Links…
•Climate North East: www.climatenortheast.com
•Climate UK: www.climateuk.net
•Severe Weather Impact Monitoring System (SWIMS): contact Adrian Hilton: adrian.hilton@climatenortheast.com
•Forthcoming Advanced Impact Monitoring System (AIMS): contact adrian.hilton@climatenortheast.com
•Business Resilience Health Check: http://www.businessresiliencehealthcheck.co.uk/
•Fully accredited Business Resilience Qualification/s. contact adrian.hilton@climatenortheast.com and see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KgXGu3pdPQ

18. Here to work with you,
Thank you
adrian.hilton@climatenortheast.com
(+44) 0781 460 7180