1. Drafting a Climate Change Response Plan
Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2018

2. Vulnerability Assessment Methodology
1: Identify Indicators
2: Exposure
3: Sensitivity
Potential Impacts
4: Adaptive Capacity
Vulnerability
You have now completed all the steps of the Vulnerability Assessment and have identified a list of priority indicators to focus your efforts on.

3. What’s the next step?
So what is the next step?

4. “A climate change vulnerability assessment is done before you develop a climate change response plan”
Conducting a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment is only part of the process in preparing for climate change. The next step is to develop a climate change response plan with possible responses and projects to adapt to the most important impacts that you identified through the Vulnerability Assessment. .

5. Vulnerability Assessment
What are Potential impacts from Climate Change?
Which Impacts are most important?
How do I respond?
Vulnerability Assessment
Response Plan
This graphic highlights the link between your vulnerability assessment and climate change response plan. To recap, at the start you identified a list of all the potential impacts from climate change. Through the VA process you were able to determine which ones were most important for your area. Now, the next step involves thinking about how you will respond to these impacts through the identification of projects and responses. These responses can be summarised in your climate change response plan.

6. Climate Change Response Plan Template
A Climate Change Response Plan Template for each province has been developed
Aim is to provide a starting point for the development of a change response plan
Download: se-plan-templates

7. Generic Climate Change Response Plan Structure
Executive Summary
Methodology
Background Information
Climate Change Priorities
Response Options/Projects

8. Methodology Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Process
Summary of VA process
Priority Project Identification Process
Process used to identify key responses and projects
Stakeholder Workshops and Engagements
IDP Forums
Sector Engagements
Public Consultations

9. Template Example - Introduction

10. Template Example - Methodology

11. Generic Climate Change Response Plan Structure
Executive Summary
Introduction and Methodology
Background Information
Climate Change Priorities
Response Options/Projects

12. Background Information
National Climate Change Context
National Climate Change Policy and Programs
Summary of Climate Change Science
Provincial Climate Change Context
Provincial Climate Change Policy and Programs
Summary of key provincial climate change issues from provincial strategy
Municipal General Context
Key municipal challenges
Municipal Climate Change Context
Key municipal climate change related indicators

13. Template Example - Provincial Background

14. Template Example - District Background

15. Generic Climate Change Response Plan Structure
Executive Summary
Introduction and Methodology
Background Information
Climate Change Priorities
Response Options/Projects

16. Generic Climate Change Response Plan Structure
Executive Summary
Introduction and Methodology
Background Information
Climate Change Priorities
Response Options/Projects

17. Applying S.M.A.R.T Principles to Responses
Specific
Target a specific area for improvement S
Measurable
Quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress M A
Assignable
Specify who will do it R
Realistic
State what results can realistically be achieved T
Time-related
Specify when the result(s) can be achieved
When drafting responses, you should consider applying the SMART principles. This means that your responses should be:
Specific, by targeting a specific area for improvement.
Measurable, or at least suggest an indicator of progress.
Assignable, to a specific implementer
Realistic, and achievable, given your available resources.
And lastly, The response must also have a clear time frame specifying when the results can be achieved.

18. Sector Response Plan Projects
VA Assessment Indicators
Response Plan Projects
Increased impacts on informal and traditional dwellings
Manage potential Increased impacts on informal and traditional dwellings

19. Template Example - Sector Response Introduction

20. Template Example - Response Projects

21. Generic Climate Change Response Plan Structure
Executive Summary
Methodology
Background Information
Climate Change Priorities
Response Options/Projects

22. Executive Summary Should include:
Introduction on plan and why climate change is important
Summarised priority climate change indicators
Detail on proposed projects/reponses
Principles
Short (2 - 3 Pages)
Written so text can be pasted into other documents like IDP and SDF

23. Drafting a Climate Change Response Plan
Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2018