Public Engagement and Procedural Justice

1. Public Engagement and Procedural Justice Gairloch and Loch Ewe Ailsa Villegas, Sustainable Development Officer, The Highland Council

2. Highland Council Programme 2012-2015 The Council will support communities to be more resilient to climate change and extreme adverse weather events, by implementing the Council’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.

3. Project Aims • Provide an understanding of weather events in Gairloch and Loch Ewe in the recent past; • Assess current vulnerability to weather events; • Increase Highland Councils understanding of the impacts of projected climate change on a rural community; • Provide supporting data to enable the implementation of an Adaptation Strategy for Highland Council; • Trial information and guidance for community groups; • Develop a toolkit for use by other communities;

4. Process • Select a community 1. Describing the Value at Stake 2. Identifying Current Impacts 3. Exploring Future Impacts 4. Identifying Capacity for Change 5. Building Resilience

5. Lessons Learned - Defining the area

6. Lessons Learned – Data Presentation

7. Lessons Learned – Vulnerability Assessments

8. Outcomes – Actions to Build Resilience

9. Public Consultation…..

10. What we could have done better