Climate Adaptation Framework for NHS organisations – Further Guidance
The Four Adaptation Capabilities This Framework is based on the concept that an organisation has adaptation ‘capability’ that determines its ability to adapt to climate change. The Framework is split into four capabilities that every NHS organisation will need to adapt to climate change, providing step by step tasks to guide the adaptation journey:
1 Graphic showing the four capabilities in the Climate Adaptation Framework: Understanding the Challenge, Organisational Culture & Resources, Planning & Implementation, and Working Together.
1. Understanding the Challenge
Adaptation is our adjustment to climate change. By understanding the challenge, we can make informed decisions based on actual or expected change. By developing this capability you will gather evidence on your organisation’s climate risks and vulnerabilities, then integrate these into internal systems and procedures.
2. Organisational Culture and Resources
To make progress with climate adaptation, it will need to align with your organisational culture and resources. By developing this capability you will find ways to align adaptation activities with your organisation’s wider organisational strategy. Over time, adaptation will become mainstreamed into plans, policies and procedures – part of business as usual for your organisation.
3. Planning & Implementation
Adaptation is an ongoing challenge that requires strategic planning and implementation to achieve outcomes. By developing this capability you will set appraised options into an adaptation strategy and action plan, adopting an approach that maintains flexibility and seeks pathways for an adaptation transition.
4. Working Together
No organisation can adapt alone, by working together we can do more to achieve shared adaptation outcomes. By developing this capability, you will forge connections with key partners to share ideas and find opportunities to collaborate. You will benefit from engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders to help shape your adaptation plans.
Authors: Sustainability West Midlands; Sniffer Partners: NHSE North East & Yorkshire, NHSE North West, NHS Greater Manchester
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