Including 4 closely related terms such as change adaptation, climate change, and climate change.
… ADAPTATION STRATEGY 1 BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL’S CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN 2 CONTENTS PAGE Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 The Risk Assessment…
… Process………………………………………………………………………………………………….9 Priority Areas Identified for Blackburn with Darwen…………………………………………………………….12 Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan……………………………………………………………………………….16 Implementing and Monitoring the Actions……………………………………………………………………………29 Appendix 1: Risk Based Assessments…………………………………………………………………………………….30 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objectives…
… from West and Gawith (2005) Climate change adaptation 1.7 Adaptation is the term used to describe changing our behaviour so that it is more appropriate to the expected future climate. Stern (2007) highlights that “climate change is a serious and urgent issue” and the need for action is widely acknowledged. As Stern explains: “Adaptation is crucial to deal with the unavoidable impacts…
… threat/opportunity, any current climate change adaptation measures which were already included in their service delivery were included as these could potentially reduce the magnitude of the impact the event would have on their service. 2.8 The completed risk assessments can be found in Appendix 1 and section 3 summarises the priority actions that came out of the risk assessments process…
… is necessary; • Ensure Highways begin to record the number of defects reported on the borough’s road network following severe weather conditions in order to monitor the impact of climate change and to identify where the most damage is occurring. 16 5. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ACTION PLAN 5.1 This section of the Strategy sets out the priority climate change adaptation actions…