EXTREME WEATHER AND RELATED RISKS: PROMOTING HEALTHY, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES LGA ADPH annual public health conference 11 Feb 2015 Alex Nickson

‘EXTREME’ WEATHER IN THE UK 2000 – flooding flooding 2003 – heatwave flooding 2006 – drought heatwave 2007 – flooding 2008 – flooding 2008 – snow and ice 2009 – snow and ice 2009 – flooding 2010 – flooding 2010 – snow and ice 2011 – warm spring 2011 – warm autumn drought 2012 – wet summer 2013 – snow and ice 2013 – heatwave 2014 – flooding

Climate Risks in London Flooding Overheating Water resources Snow and ice Air Quality Global climate events

RE:NEW housing retrofit RE:New is the Mayor’s home energy efficiency retrofit programme It works with social housing providers to identify opportunities for improving energy efficiency savings through planned maintenance programmes and maximising ECO and Green Deal funding The EU-funded ‘project management unit’ uses thermal modelling to ensure that insulation measures should not lead to overheating in summer 4

Better Environment: Better Health BE:BH are a series of semi-bespoke guides produced to help inform borough JSNAs and HWBBs They provide borough-specific info on 7 environmental issues They also provide practical actions and best practice examples with contact details better-health-guides-for-london-boroughs 5

Climate Resilience Islington South Project Explored: attitudes, adaptive capacity, knowledge, barriers & opportunities Surveyed hundreds of vulnerable households in project area Undertook focus groups – residents and service providers. Tested messages Part of a wider ‘triple jeopardy’ mapping project. 6

Purley community flood plan Purley town centre was flooded in 2007, no short term solution. Worked with community to raise awareness, ownership and build capacity CFP sets out what community can do before, during & after a flood Created 6 ‘flood wardens’ and provided each with a ‘flood kit’

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