Climate Adaptation Framework for NHS organisations – Further Guidance
UC4B Climate adaptation is integrated into internal systems and procedures Integrate knowledge into internal systems, responsibilities and procedures, so that adaptation is no longer seen as an ‘add-on’ task or something that is someone else’s responsibility. Accessible training on adaptation will help support many more people in your organisation to carry out adaptation as part of their everyday work and job descriptions.
Further guidance:
• Ensure that climate risk is included during Sustainability Impact Assessments for new projects. • To improve organisational awareness of climate change risk and adaptation, training could be rolled out further across teams, building on Task UC1C . Training could take many forms including ESR, Met Office training, Carbon Literacy, Flood Literacy, Becoming Climate Resilient training, Senior leader workshops, eLearning as well as less formal learning opportunities. • As Named Leads become formalized across functions, ensuring integration of adaptation responsibilities into job descriptions will help ensure robust resourcing.
UC4C Actively engaged in sharing, learning, research and innovation
To meet the challenge of adaptation, your organisation will need to continually learn and adjust. You will benefit from connecting with a range of potential partners, both locally and internationally ( WT2A see working together). Research and innovation can be harnessed to co-produce adaptation solutions, alongside local stakeholders.
Further Guidance on 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.
Our Climate Adaptation Framework includes 11 tasks across the four maturity levels to support your capability around organisation culture and resources:
Authors: Sustainability West Midlands; Sniffer Partners: NHSE North East & Yorkshire, NHSE North West, NHS Greater Manchester
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