A changing climate for planning

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

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

3. 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

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

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

6. Map outputs from UKCP09

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

8. Implications of the climate projectionsUK Climate Change Risk Assessment - Headline messagesfor English regionsReported to Parliament on 26th 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, 2012 http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/local-authorities

10. 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) • 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 2011 http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/adaptation/2nd-progress-report-2011 10

11. Latest Guidance http://www.tcpa.org.uk/pages/climate-change-adaptation-by-design.html

12. How have we helped? • Regional Renewable Energy Opportunity study, 2011 • Decentralised Energy (with Carbon Trust/Aecom) • Planning for Adaptation (with UK Climate Impacts Programme and Town and County Planning Association) • Community Skills for Climate Change (with Groundwork East Midlands) • New Hydropower planning guidance Wind energy opportunity map for South Holland District All maps available at: http://www.emcouncils.gov.uk/Renewable-Energy-Study

13. 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: http://www.climate-em.org.uk/resources/item/Decentralised-energy-slides-from-masterclasses-

14. Planning for Decentralised Energy - examples

15. Planning for Adaptation • Introductory Workshops (October 2011  - Nottingham, Chesterfield, Leicester and Northampton) • Locality workshops (November 2011 - Northampton and Nottingham) • Thematic workshops (January/February 2012 - 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: http://www.climate-em.org.uk/resources/item/climate-change-training-for-planners-planning-for-adaptation1

16. Planning to adapt at different spatial scales From Climate Change Adaptation by Design, TCPA 2007 http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/bd_cca.pdf

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

18. 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) • www.planningforclimatechange.org.uk • Presentations from events All available to download from: http://www.climate-em.org.uk/resources/category/community_skills

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

21. Contact Details Climate East Midlands c/o East Midlands Councils Phoenix House Nottingham Road Melton Mowbray LE13 0HU E: Mike.peverill@emcouncils.gov.uk T: 01664 502 628 M: 07854 284 588 W: www.climate-em.org.uk Part of the Climate UK family of partnerships