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1. New Guidance for
Climate Resilience and
Adaptation in EIA
Maria Pooley, Principal Consultant, Mott MacDonald

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3. Policy Background
• UK Climate Change Act 2008
• Introduced the Adaptation Reporting Power
• Created the independent Committee on Climate Change
• 2012: UK’s first Climate Change Risk
Assessment – sectoral analysis of the
projected impacts to the UK
• 2013: UK’s 1st National Adaptation Programme, setting out
actions to improve UK’s climate resilience for the period
2013-2018
• Revised EU EIA Directive (2014)
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Historic policy overview prior to original guidance

4. Original IEMA guidance
published 2015
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5. New Policy
• 2015: 2nd round of Adaptation Reporting Power reports
(expanded stakeholders, voluntary reporting)
• 2017: 2nd UK Climate Change Risk Assessment published
• 2018: 2nd National Adaptation Programme setting out actions
up to 2023 and the Third Strategy for Climate Adaptation
Reporting
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Overview of Policy developments since original guidance

6. •New laws in place in the UK (2017 UK
Town and Country Planning EIA
Regulations)
•Emerging practice provides learning
and case studies
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Drivers for updating the guidance now

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Methodology for updating the guidance
Stakeholder group
formed
Key Issues
Workshop
Updating
Guidance,
Collating Case
Studies
Finalisation with
stakeholder group
Publication
July 2018Spring 2018 In Progress January 2019 March 2019

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EIA’s role in driving
climate resilient
design?
Addressing
uncertainty in EIA
assessment –
climate scenario
choices
Proportional
assessment
Significance – distinction
between climate resilience and
‘in combination’ climate impacts
Key issues discussed at workshop

9. • Policy & Regulations update;
• Additional guidance on proportionality of the assessment;
• Additional guidance on choice of climate scenarios for EIA;
• Case studies of EIAs which have included climate so far:
− covering transport, energy and other sectors,
− highlighting challenges and successes.
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What to expect in the revised guidance

10. • Summary:
− Revised methodology;
− Case Studies;
− Guidance to be published March 2019.
• We would welcome additional case studies – please send your
suggestions! maria.pooley@mottmac.com
• Keep an eye out for IEMA communications on the launch event in 2019!
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Summary and Next Steps