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Tools for adapting to climate change impacts

  

Agriculture & Biodiversity

Climate Change and agriculture in the SW (SWCCIP 2005) - adaptation guidance for farmers (pdf 121kb)

Farming - Wildlife Friendly Farming Guide (SWCCIP 2006) - a unique online month-by-month guide to help farmers protect wildlife and adapt to impacts of climate change

Woodland owners & agents: Practical adaptation guide (SWCCIP & others 2006) (pdf on external site)

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Housing & Construction

Beating the Heat - keeping UK buildings cool in a warmer climate (UKCIP & others 2005) (pdf on external site)

Adapting to Climate Change: a checklist for development (Three regions, SWCCIP 2005) (pdf 519kb)

South West Sustainability Checklist for Developments (external website) - designed by BRE and developed by a regional partnership led by Future Foundations, this is consistent with the EcoHomes approach and has been developed to directly compliment the DCLG Code for Sustainable Homes. It incorporates the principles of ensuring developments are suitable for a changing climate.

Draft Development and Flood Risk guide (external website). This 'living draft' of a Practice Guide Companion to Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) acts as both a consultation document as well as an interim support document for planners on applying PPS25 policy and seeks to help create consistency in how PPS25 is implemented across the country. PPS25 sets out Government policy on development and flood risk.

Retrofitting Existing Homes for Climate Change Impacts. The Three Regions Climate Change Group launched its forth report - Your Home in a Changing Climate: Retrofitting Existing Homes for Climate Change Impacts: Report for Policy Makers - in February 2008 at London's City Hall. Copies of the report are available on the web site www.london.gov.uk/trccg.

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Local Government

Climate Change and (pre-2008) Local Area Agreements (Defra, SWCCIP & others 2006) - SWCCIP guidance on how to integrate climate change adaptation into LAAs (doc)

Nottingham Declaration Action Pack (UKCIP & others 2006) - external site - online resource for local authorities looking to adapt to impacts of climate change and reduce causes of climate change

Local Climate Impacts Profile - UKCIP booklet (pdf 597kb) - guidance document being used by SWCCIP to help local authorities understand how council services are affected by historical and future climate events (in SWCCIP's archive)

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Tourism

Climate change and tourism in the South of England. Action pack with checklist created by SWCCIP and the South East Climate Change Partnership (SECCP). The electronic (pdf) version can be downloaded from our
Archive page. To order hard copies for events, please contact SWCCIP (contact details at top of this page).

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Business & other sectors/cross sectoral

Managing Change Guide (Resource Efficiency & Corporate Responsibility) - unique diagnostic tool and route map to help organisations change their business culture towards resource efficiency AND for addressing important issues like climate change

A changing climate for business - business planning for the impacts of climate change (pdf on UKCIP website) - report for businesses and business support organisations to help assess the appropriate responses to climate change impacts - includes Business Areas Climate Impacts Assessment Tool (BACLIAT)

Flood Preparation Guide for Businesses (Environment Agency site) - Floods are growing in frequency and severity due to the impact of climate change. A flooded businesses can result in devastating financial loss. Preparing for a flood makes good business sense

Insurance for Small Businesses: a guide to protecting your business (pdf on external site) - guide from the Association of British Insurers - includes guidance on reducing the risks of flooding

Costings methodology - UKCIP (external site). This tool provides a method to work out the costs of climate change impacts on an organisation, event or area

SW adaptation case studies from national adaptation database (external site). To find case studies of adaptation in the South West and beyond, use this database which is searchable by region, sector or adaptation activity

Adaptation by design - a guide for sustainable communities (pdf on external site) - from the Town and Country Planning Association

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South West Climate Change Impacts Partnership

There is a growing range of adaptation tools and guides that are recommended and/or produced by the South West Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SWCCIP). See list below and click on appropriate subject area.

  Agriculture & Biodiversity

  Housing & Construction

  Local Government

  Tourism

  Business & other sectors/cross sectoral


South West Climate Change Impacts Partnership



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