Presentation on the UK Climate Projections by Jay Talbot, CEO of the Community Council of Devon.
This was delivered at the UK Climate Projections third sector event on the 28 July 2009 at Defra's Innovation Centre in Reading.
Dan Leeming of the Planning Partnership provides an introduction to sustainable community design for the CaGBC Certified Sustainable Building Advisor Program in Toronto.
Planet2025 Communities convert CO2 into things people need. Our integrated agroforestry strategy to sustainable development — the Forest Garden approach — addresses global climate change by planting trees on degraded land which create sustainable livelihoods, carbon offsets, biofuels, valuable ecosystems services, and Profits4Life™.
Dan Leeming of the Planning Partnership provides an introduction to sustainable community design for the CaGBC Certified Sustainable Building Advisor Program in Toronto.
Planet2025 Communities convert CO2 into things people need. Our integrated agroforestry strategy to sustainable development — the Forest Garden approach — addresses global climate change by planting trees on degraded land which create sustainable livelihoods, carbon offsets, biofuels, valuable ecosystems services, and Profits4Life™.
Accelerating Climate Initiatives: Building the business case for Nature-based...Cesar Henrique Arrais
Presentation by Rachel Terry, Programme Lead – Climate Initiatives, Van Oord, as part of the webinar "Nature-Based Solutions as a Catalyst for Achieving Mutual Benefits for People, Nature, and Climate: Lessons learned from China and globally."
Notter D A, Meyer R, Althaus H-J (2013) The Western Lifestyle and Its Long Wa...morosini1952
ABSTRACT: Since Fukushima, few people still consider nuclear power as a safe technology. The explosion of Deepwater Horizon was yet another incident revealing the dangers involved in the hunt for fossil fuels. Despite the public attention and outrage at these events, neither the concept of environmental citizenship, nor the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has prevailed in the struggle against environmental degradation. Economic growth offsets efficiency gains, while strategies for energy sufficiency are usually not seriously considered. Action toward a more sustainable society, for example, a 2000 W- and 1 ton CO2-society, must be taken by individuals but further incentives must be set. In order to provide individuals with detailed information about their mitigation options, we took the results from a survey of environmental behavior of 3369 Swiss Citizens, and combined them with life cycle assessment. Our results from this bottomup approach show a huge bandwidth of the ecological footprints among the individuals interviewed. We conclude that a continuous consumption of not more than 2000 W per person seems possible for the major part of the population in this society. However, it will be far more difficult not to exceed 1 ton CO2 per capita.
The Brazzaville Declaration: Time for reflection, stock taking and renewed ac...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Johan Kieft of UN Environment / Global Peatland Initiative (GPI) at the 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, on 21 April 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This presentation about Templederry Community Wind Farm was delivered by Paul Kenny, at the Manage Energy event 'Energy Agencies & Energy Services of Regional Authorities'
Biodiversity loss and nature-based solutions: A view from re/insuranceCesar Henrique Arrais
Presentation by Oliver Schelske, Swiss Re Institute, Director, Natural Assets & ESG Research Lead, as part of the webinar "Nature-Based Solutions as a Catalyst for Achieving Mutual Benefits for People, Nature, and Climate: Lessons learned from China and globally."
Presentation to the UK Climate Projections event for the third sector at Defra's Innovation Centre, Reading on 28 July 2009.
Dr Alastair Brown
UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)
Presentation on the UK Climate Projections by Daniel Barwick of Defra.
This was delivered at the UK Climate Projections third sector event on the 28 July 2009 at Defra's Innovation Centre in Reading.
Accelerating Climate Initiatives: Building the business case for Nature-based...Cesar Henrique Arrais
Presentation by Rachel Terry, Programme Lead – Climate Initiatives, Van Oord, as part of the webinar "Nature-Based Solutions as a Catalyst for Achieving Mutual Benefits for People, Nature, and Climate: Lessons learned from China and globally."
Notter D A, Meyer R, Althaus H-J (2013) The Western Lifestyle and Its Long Wa...morosini1952
ABSTRACT: Since Fukushima, few people still consider nuclear power as a safe technology. The explosion of Deepwater Horizon was yet another incident revealing the dangers involved in the hunt for fossil fuels. Despite the public attention and outrage at these events, neither the concept of environmental citizenship, nor the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has prevailed in the struggle against environmental degradation. Economic growth offsets efficiency gains, while strategies for energy sufficiency are usually not seriously considered. Action toward a more sustainable society, for example, a 2000 W- and 1 ton CO2-society, must be taken by individuals but further incentives must be set. In order to provide individuals with detailed information about their mitigation options, we took the results from a survey of environmental behavior of 3369 Swiss Citizens, and combined them with life cycle assessment. Our results from this bottomup approach show a huge bandwidth of the ecological footprints among the individuals interviewed. We conclude that a continuous consumption of not more than 2000 W per person seems possible for the major part of the population in this society. However, it will be far more difficult not to exceed 1 ton CO2 per capita.
The Brazzaville Declaration: Time for reflection, stock taking and renewed ac...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Johan Kieft of UN Environment / Global Peatland Initiative (GPI) at the 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, on 21 April 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This presentation about Templederry Community Wind Farm was delivered by Paul Kenny, at the Manage Energy event 'Energy Agencies & Energy Services of Regional Authorities'
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Presentation by Oliver Schelske, Swiss Re Institute, Director, Natural Assets & ESG Research Lead, as part of the webinar "Nature-Based Solutions as a Catalyst for Achieving Mutual Benefits for People, Nature, and Climate: Lessons learned from China and globally."
Presentation to the UK Climate Projections event for the third sector at Defra's Innovation Centre, Reading on 28 July 2009.
Dr Alastair Brown
UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)
Presentation on the UK Climate Projections by Daniel Barwick of Defra.
This was delivered at the UK Climate Projections third sector event on the 28 July 2009 at Defra's Innovation Centre in Reading.
Newcastle upon Tyne has been chosen as one of two pilots in England to develop a new 'green map' of action by local communities to tackle climate change. The map will be an online internet resource that will help anyone interested find out what is going on in their area and how they can get involved.
The project has been funded by the Green Alliance and is being led by Mapping for Change (www.mappingforchane.org.uk) in partnership with Newcastle Council for Voluntary Services
The map will also help show national organisations just how m,uch is going on at the local level in areas such as North Dorset, and the aim is this will help make more funding and support available.
Adapting Cities - Implementing research in practiceKit England
Presentation given to the ARCC assembly on 11th June by Kit England, Nick Grayson and Kate Cochrane, on behalf of Core Cities, Newcastle City Council, Birmingham City Council and Bristol City Council
End of project results presentation given to stakeholders in Nidderdale AONB, from the RELU-funded Sustainable Uplands project. Includes new data on the relationship between burning, heather cover and water quality.
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In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: The WebAuthn API and Discoverable Credentials.pdf
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Editor's Notes
Working at CCD for 16 years and chief officer for 11
Rural Community Action Network RCAN – made up of the RCCs Planning led by the Community Case studies on climate change Using the local climate projections
The primary support for rural community action ….. 1 national, 8 regional, 38 local development agencies …… .. serving England’s 11,000 rural communities. RCAN – 38 bodies, 12,000 fee paying members, 40,000 contacts, 1,000 practitioners SHARED PURPOSE Support community-led action and local governance Increase long term sustainability of community life Influence policies and services to achieve equity for rural communities Primary deliverers of all round support for community action in rural areas (integrating social, economic, environmental) ‘ Empowerment’ on a wide scale -, 11,000 rural communities, 7,500 Parish & Town Councils, 9,000 community buildings (village halls)
The Rural Community Council for Devon Charitable Company structure Currently 24 staff (many part time) Fairly small RCC and staff team = 19 full time equivalents 900 members (mainly organisations) Assoc = DAPC DPFA DACB 3 rd Sector Declaration on Climate Change We therefore commit to Publicly affirm the importance of urgent action Adopt public plans and appropriate strategies to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions make these plans public within a year. Act as a leader in encouraging and enabling our members, service users and clients to adapt to the impact of climate change, Support national legal targets for green house gas emissions Work with central and local government and others inform, inspire and encourage action CCD’s strapline helping communities help themselves Rurally based – but there are transferable lessons and techniques
Rural community action keeps communities alive, largely through volunteers with limited external support 7,500 examples of independent democratic neighbourhood governance reputation not always brilliant, but many inspirational examples £2.1 billion in assets owned by the community, run by 80,000 trustees, in 9,000 village halls insurance value of buildings 4,000 communities have taken on the challenge of mounting some kind of community led planning
A dialogue within the community, by the community Takes up to 18 months to complete Helps local people learn about their community and what makes it ‘tick’ Moving from passive consumers, fairly inactive consultees to engaged citizens and active groups Holistic – social, environmental, economic Inclusive, realistic, evidenced-based A 9 step process that ends in a formal action plan -- the community’s own vision of its future People mobilised to develop their own neighbourhoods and communities Process as important as product – local people and local groups working together - identifying risks and opportunities for the future RCAN member role is to ensure links with strategic processes (LAA, LSP) and public service providers: RCAN members work with over 250 local authorities, including 57 ‘LAA’-owning principal authorities Leaves a legacy – locally driven / low input / self-sustaining Signpost to CLP leaflet & Community led planning website www.communityledplanning.com
60–95% households engaged by the process Average of 40 priority actions per community 47% actions taken on by communities themselves Strategic links with over 250 local authorities 25% all resulting actions are ‘environmental’
158 completed in Devon 50 more in progress New plans, but also updating older ones ‘ Communities in Action’ database – means of capturing county wide action and progress
Environmental issues (& social inclusion) – highlighting these is key role for CCD Traditionally dog mess and litter Moving to climate change and recycling Recycling – 37 (30% of plans slightly ahead of dog mess – 33 litter – 28 (about 25% composting – 26 energy (renewable and conservation) – 22 (About 20% Many environmental and social initiatives not necessarily seen as climate change related – Rural car club / community shops / social care outreach / local food projects like allotment provision
30 active climate change action groups Transition towns etc Town based – spreading to villages Local activists … and local opposition Very active – strong support, but also strong opposition. Emerging transition villages seem more able to mobilise broad set of local organisations. Variable levels of community engagement Champions vs Community Development Champion schemes catch the imagination of government, local authorities and funders But …. Carrots in the car-park syndrome Understanding community development – leading from the back Forming storming norming and performing NOW A FEW CASE STUDIES
Dartmoor National Park Parish Plan / Climate Change Project. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND (such RCC work hard to fund – seems to close to statutory work) Project also links DCC, Devon Association for Renewable Energy (DARE) and the DAPC Two communities involved Looking at how climate change fits with community-led planning processes to develop and test a methodology for incorporating Climate Change within the Community Led Planning process. Toolkit to be developed for future use Particularly important as plans update
SB21 is a group comprising representatives from the Parish Council, Sustainable South Brent (SSB) and South Brent Community Action. South Brent Parish plan published in 2003 – ready for update events, questionnaires and discussions = draft Parish Plan Review end 2008 This led to the creation of 5 theme groups Home Energy, Community Energy, Local Produce & Services, Transport and Trees group. They started work over the summer of 2007 and Sustainable South Brent was then formally launched in Autumn 2007. Sustainable South Brent: formally launched 2007: Awareness Raising, Base-lining (re Carbon Emissions): Home energy consumption: Tree group: Local Services Group; Transport Group; Community Energy. Challenges to overcome It has proved essential for Climate Action groups to engage with the Parish Council who formally adopt the resultant Action Plans.
5 theme groups Home Energy, Community Energy, Local Produce & Services, Transport and Trees group. They started work over the summer of 2007 and Sustainable South Brent was then formally launched in Autumn 2007. Awareness Raising, - struggle to preach beyond the converted Base-lining (re Carbon Emissions): not found a way to measure their effectivness Home energy consumption: loft insulation and cavity wall insulation – mainstream campaigns Tree group: coppice community woodland Local Services; guide to encourage the use of local shops and suppliers, sponsored by the Parish Council. Transport; improve bus services and working with the primary school on a travel plan Community Energy. Social enterprise for Wind Power, Hydro Power, Solar Power Parish Plan Review embedding actions within the current themes rather than setting it aside as a separate issue. Most important is that the plan is a springboard to projects. SSB see the need for assistance in getting actions underway. Some flexible funding for events and promotion is key so that SSB can concentrate limited voluntary time on getting stuff done! It has proved essential for Climate Action groups to engage with the Parish Council who formally adopt the resultant Action Plans.
Moretonhampstead developed a Parish Plan (2006/07). Coincided with community activity around raising awareness of climate change (talks, film shows, public meetings). MAGS (Moretonhampstead Action Group for Sustainability) was adopted the following month:
Activities: encouraging increased public involvement ; Baselining – MAGS have also been concerned about this. After looking at various options MAGS developed their own trial Carbon Calculator Climate Change Plan; The Parish Plan had already identified some ‘climate change’ activities (eg street lighting, transport / travel) A questionnaire was circulated. The responses were then used to draft a Sustainable Development Action Plan. The plan was then circulated to all households for comment. Household Energy Consumption: home visits Renewable Energy: Developing a mobile wind monitor, available to local residents to assess viability of wind generators. • bulk purchase of solar panels. A deal was negotiated with one supplier at a significantly reduced price. • electricity from 100% renewable sources. MAGS (with other “transition towns”) agreed a special deal with Good Energy. Plastic Bags & Packaging; Recycling; some successes Linking to the town Plan Moretonhampstead Sustainable Development Action Plan will be issued as supplement to the Parish Plan document. street lighting 11pm and 6am and that dimming may be possible cycle path to neighbouring village: old railway line – tourist potential
village hall identified as – control centre + refuge ( elevated position ) . Hall was little used - cold / primitive toilets / inadequate kitchen committee had no chairman / demoralised by the size of the task Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire and Planners advice. Lottery bid developed for proper facilities and reduced running costs (Annual energy and cleaning expenses formed 85% of total expenditure ) The refuge provision now cover ten beds for emergency use, portable folding screens to provide some privacy for overnight occupiers, dual fuel cooking facilities, power from an emergency generator, broadband enabled computer to aid emergency communication as well as a shower and up rated toilets. The ( includes young children, age and medical conditions ) Added value – the hall is cheaper to run and far more use to the community
February 2009 HALDON HILL BLOCKED BY SNO N Night time – main road – this picture more scenic Hundreds stranded – main road from Exeter to Plymouth (M5 continuation) Our Population is urban … but our Geography is rural - Rural communities being prepared has a very real benefit for the whole population Nearest town Chudleigh had an Emergency Plan - Local planning (ex military took the lead!) local knowledge & a pride in doing a good job (cost saving c/f with an unplanned response) – especially in health and welfare terms
Quote from local press headline - Local planning (ex military took the lead!) local knowledge & a pride in doing a good job (cost saving c/f with an unplanned response) – especially in health and welfare terms
18 months work with 8 – 10 local groups Heritage Lottery Fund support Finance to do community work on climate change hard to find – example of how RCCs find ways and means of moving agendas forward Researching extreme weather events to inform future practice Linking local history to community action Transition villages emerging Involvement of Hadley Centre on the planning group means the work is very professionally conducted Local action not an up front outcome – but one that communities come to themselves
Climate change not a priority for many local group Climate change action groups can struggle Parish Councils often lack the capacity, time, commitment, knowledge to take forward all the issues arising from Community Led Planning. Climate Change activity is more likely to be achieved through a local Climate Action Group. Climate Action Groups on their own struggle to get the engagement of the whole community without the continuity of connection with generic community led planning. Need to be challenged - local data improves interest Town/ Parish council endorsement provides momentum and possible grants access Support (eg. local enablers, small grants, database) would be highly effective and value for money RCC type community development work,; toolkits provide guidance. Loading the Climate Change Action Plans onto a searchable database of plans, issues, proposals and actions. Small amounts of funding help to stimulate both planning and implementation. small grants now discontinued) incentivise but also allow for quality control – strings attached eg social inclusion / climate change Need local baseline on carbon emissions Local baseline information on carbon emissions would be invaluable information
Relationship with emergency planning – supports the connection with local authorities Local knowledge and leadership a vital ingredient Effective preparation for extreme weather events has added value (cohesion, facilities, citizenship) Good practice needs sharing / adopting Village agents (Severn floods 2007)
local information could interest communities. if easily available and straightforward. The need to register? Ease of navigation. technical jargon . Front page gives quick and easy access to local data. All the more detailed data could be held at a level within the site where the casual reader would not need to navigate through it. Problem over wide range of scenario which allows for interpretation in a number of different ways. Eg: summer rainfall could reduce by 60% or actually increase by 5%. whatever is considered the most likely scenario which might be ‘medium emissions’ and the 50% probability mark. Recognise some groups are highly developed (or have very technical competent members), others are new (or non techncial – but probaly the most important to help).
Those communities who are already taking action. Need to measure impact eg: baseline position for greenhouse gas emissions and a way of tracking reductions.
CCD’s heritage project using an ‘extreme weather’ historical base – final point The 25km grid is of sufficient immediacy to help identify some local trends and attendant risks. However, given the propensity to micro – climate events in the region, such as the consequences of run-off from high ground (Lynmouth 1952 , Boscastle 2004,) future projections to be topographically sensitive for micro – climate events
Great potential in a strong link between local climate projections and community-led planning Whether general or emergency plans The science will require sensitive interpretation and enablers for local use Suggest we need a workshop providing ‘A layman’s guide to producing local climate predictions,’ Strong potential for more effective links between statutory and community-owned plans on climate change adaptation and mitigation Enabling, facilitating and sharing positive practice is an essential ingredient Can communities tackle this by themselves?