Including Adaptation in your Green Plan
You should start by stating whether you have a climate change risk assessment and/or adaptation plan. • If not, state when you are intending to produce one by • If you do, state when they were last updated/published • State who (if anyone) is involved in/responsible for producing them, reviewing them, and implementing the plan Throughout the Adaptation Plan Template, pieces of information are highlighted as things you could include in your Green Plan, either as they are or summarised. Below is a repeat of this information in one place. Even if you do not use this Adaptation Plan Template, you should be able to use this list to help guide what you should include in your Green Plan on climate change adaptation.
1. An overview of climate projections for your site and communities 2. A summary of the climate risks posed 3. Your current progress on adaptation 4. A summary of the very high priority actions from your adaptation plan 5. Other guidance throughout the green plan related to adaptation
An overview of climate projections for your site and communities In the Adaptation Plan Template there is guidance on finding projections of the change in climate expected in the locations of your sites and communities including temperature change and flood risk. If you have not yet looked at local climate projections or identified the likelihood of hazards locally, you can use the national summaries from the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (UKCCRA) from the Climate Change Committee (CCC). A summary of the climate risks posed As above, these can be from your own risk assessment, or if you have not done one, you can use the summary of national risks to healthcare from the Health and Social Care Briefing from the CCC, find regional projected impacts using the Local Climate Adaptation Tool, and/or check whether any regional risk assessments have been carried out in your area, for example by your local authority or a Local Resilience Forum. Your current progress on adaptation In the template we suggest to outline any previous adaptation plans, objectives, or commitments made and to measure and evaluate your progress on these. We also recommend including some case studies of adaptation you have carried out so far, or include here some evidence of adaptation planning you have been carrying out or adaptation networks you are a part of. You could include here a measure of your ‘Adaptation Capability Maturity’, which you can explore in the Climate Adaptation Framework produced by Sniffer and Sustainability West Midlands with partners from GreenerNHS North West and Yorkshire, GreenerNHS North East, and NHS Greater Manchester (find this under the tag #NHSadapts on weadapt).
Authors: Sustainability West Midlands, Sniffer Partners: NHSE North East & Yorkshire, NHSE North West, NHS Greater Manchester
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