A changing climate for planning Mike Peverill East Midlands Councils Building climate change considerations into the planning process

Contents 1.Policy Context 2.What kind of future? 3.Views from the Committee on Climate Change 4.Latest Guidance 5.How have we helped?

Policy Context National Planning Policy Framework Localism Act 2011 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol Durban Platform for Enhanced Action EU 20:20:20 targets Climate Change Act 2008 Flood and Water Management Act 2010 Energy Act 2011 Nottingham Declaration 2000 National Indicators 185, 186, 188 (2008 – 10) Climate Local 2012

What kind of future are we planning for? Future climate scenarios Source: IPCC

Projections maps and key findings User Interface Weather Generator UK Climate Projections 2009 (UKCP09)

Map outputs from UKCP09

Headline messages from UKCP09 Hotter, drier summers Milder, wetter winters More extreme events

Implications of the climate projections UK Climate Change Risk Assessment - Headline messages for English regions Reported to Parliament on 26 th January 2012 This image has been removed as it hasn’t been published yet – Defra have asked us not to circulate details in advance of publication in late Jan 2012

9 Local authority action is required to help us achieve carbon budgets How local authorities can reduce emissions and manage climate risks Committee on Climate Change, authorities

Summary of headline messages "Adapting to climate change in the UK - measuring progress" Adaptation Sub-Commitee Progress Report - 14 July 2011 (Extract from presentation by Lord John Krebbs, Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee) 10 1.UK is coping with current climate variability Some sectors are near the limits and vulnerability is likely to increase 2. Low-regret actions could be taken now 3. Long-term decisions not fully incorporating climate adaptation 1.UK is coping with current climate variability Some sectors are near the limits and vulnerability is likely to increase 2. Low-regret actions could be taken now 3. Long-term decisions not fully incorporating climate adaptation Adapting to climate change in the UK - measuring progress Adaptation Sub-Committee, July tation/2nd-progress-report-2011

Latest Guidance

How have we helped? 1.Regional Renewable Energy Opportunity study, Decentralised Energy (with Carbon Trust/Aecom) 3.Planning for Adaptation (with UK Climate Impacts Programme and Town and County Planning Association) 4.Community Skills for Climate Change (with Groundwork East Midlands) 5.New Hydropower planning guidance Wind energy opportunity map for South Holland District All maps available at:

Decentralised Energy Masterclass 1: Creating policy to encourage Sustainable Development (8 November, 2011 Mansfield) Masterclass 2: Rural Opportunities for Decentralised Energy (17 November, 2011 Nottingham) Masterclass 3: Energy from Waste (8 December, 2011 Lincoln) Masterclass 4: Planning for Wind (18 January, 2012 Daventry) Masterclass 5: CHP (20 January, 2012 Leicester) Masterclass 6: ESCos (6 March, 2012 Nottingham) Final event: (12 March Melton Mowbray) Outputs: 5 Case Studies from Mansfield, Central Lincolnshire, Daventry, Leicester and Lincoln (published end June 2012) Plus all presentations from events Download from this link:

Planning for Decentralised Energy - examples

Planning for Adaptation Introductory Workshops (October Nottingham, Chesterfield, Leicester and Northampton) Locality workshops (November Northampton and Nottingham) Thematic workshops (January/February Leicester, Chesterfield and Nottingham) Leadership event (February 2012) Outputs: 5 Thematic papers (published end June 2012) plus all presentations from events Download from this link:

Planning to adapt at different spatial scales From Climate Change Adaptation by Design, TCPA

Planning to manage water at catchment scale Derwent Land Management project, Environment Agency

Community Skills for Climate Change New web resource ‘Planning for climate change’ to help communities better understand how to engage with the planning system Small grants for Climate Friendly Communities (8 projects supported in Derbyshire, Leicester, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire) Learning and Networking events Outputs: 8 Community Case Studies (Bakewell, Beeston, Chesterfield, Hayfield, Newstead, Oundle, St Matthews, West Bridgford) Presentations from events All available to download from:

Conclusions 1.Climate-proof planning needs to incorporate both mitigation and adaptation - all new developments need to be low carbon and also resilient 2.By not doing that, we are storing up more problems for the future and also losing opportunities 3.There are some good examples of climate-proof planning across the region 4.Lots of high quality support has been provided 5.There’s a long way to go to make all this mainstream and systematic Sustainable Drainage Scheme, Hamilton, Leicester

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