Including 7 closely related terms such as floods, flood, and flooding.
…, the Council has been working with communities and local resilience groups to deliver the awareness raising actions set out within its local flood risk management plans. We carry out extensive engagements with community groups and school groups on aspects of climate change such as active travel, energy management and extreme weather resilience. We recognise that to date this has tended to be via…
… - the actions we need to take to make adjustments to deal with the impacts of climate change. This could include making changes to our buildings, so they keep cool during hotter summers, or are less at risk of being flooded. It could be using scarce water resources more efficiently, or making changes to the crops we grow, or trees we plant in our forests, so that they are less vulnerable to new pests…
…, heat and flooding; increased effects from air pollution; concerns over food security; the spread of disease; the displacement of populations; and increased levels of mental ill health. Conversely climate change adaptation and mitigation measures have the potential to deliver benefits to health and wellbeing - for example, well insulated and ventilated homes, increased active travel, strong…
…. This ambitious vision needs further analysis to identify the extent of this challenge and how it may be achieved. 2 Community Engagement, Empowerment and Awareness Raising 16 | P a g e We recognise the need for conversations with communities in relation to climate change adaptation and resilience, in preparation for extreme weather conditions. For example, in preparation for floods…