A revised Regional Climate Change Action Plan Coordinating CC activity across the region Martin Gebb

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A revised Regional Climate Change Action
Plan Co-ordinating CC activity across the
regionMartin GebbettClimate Change Energy
AdvisorGovernment Office for Yorkshire the
Humber (also CC Exec Group Secretariat)
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Heading goes here

• Why revise the Climate Change
• Action Plan now?
• Current CCAP, Your Climate, launched end of
  2005
• Effectively a 2-year plan aimed at policy
  development, capacity building, communicating
  etc
• Overtaken by events
• Stern/CC Bill/Energy White Paper/IPCC etc etc
• Future changes/projects post-Sub-National
  Review, Adaptation Policy Framework, UKCIP08
• CC Executive Group agreed time right to revise

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Climate Change Executive Group

• Chaired by YH Assembly SD Board Chair
• Key partners on group - YHA, EA, YF, GOYH,
• BiTC, UKCIP, LGYH, WWF-UK.
• Key task overseeing/co-ordinating delivery
• of CC Action Plan

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Revising the Action plan- key considerations

• Audience aimed at must be clear.
• Map climate change activity and identify gaps to
  avoid duplication of ongoing and planned
  activity.
• Need to prioritise a clear set of outcomes and
  focus on the delivery of these by the key
  regional and local organisations and agencies.
• Role of the Climate Change Executive Group in
  co-ordinating delivery must be clear and must add
  value.
• Role of Local Government Performance Framework
  Climate Change indicators in underpinning some
  actions

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Work in developing new plan

• mapping current activity
• workshop mid-Feb
• outcomes assess key issues and where CCEG/CCAP
  can add value
• agreement of structures to deliver plan based on
  key actions to come out of mapping exercise
• adaptation study being carried out concurrently,
  led by YH Assembly
• Draft plan/consultation April/May 2008
• Plan to be launched June/July 2008

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Key actions in new plan?

• Relevant to today
• Greater emphasis on adaptation - including carbon
  sequestration projects?
• Adding value to other regional plans RSS/RES/ IRS
  plus other more relevant including Biodiversity
  Strategy, Forestry Framework, Biomass/Biofuels
  strategies
• multi functional actions eg addressing impacts
  like flooding, water resource/quality pressures
  and habitat fragmentation.
• Other actions to be considered include
• Reducing transport emissions
• Retro fitting housing stock
• Communicating climate change
• Increasing business engagement

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Further Information

• Paul.roberts_at_goyh.gsi.gov.uk
• Martin.gebbett_at_goyh.gsi.gov.uk
• Regional Climate Change website
  www.yourclimate.org