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South East Climate Change Partnership Heather Buttivant Programme Manager. SECCP - Creating Change. Our vision : A climate resilient and low carbon region,benefiting existing and future generations
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South East Climate Change Partnership Heather Buttivant Programme Manager
SECCP - Creating Change Our vision: A climate resilient and low carbon region,benefiting existing and future generations The challenge: to engage, inspire and empower the development and implementation of positive solutions • Sharing understanding -making knowledge and research accessible • Joining up policies that work • Leadership • Sharing experience, materials and case studies • Linking actions and impacts
Committing to Change • Hastings Borough Council • Horsham District Council • Isle of Wight Council • Kent County Council • Lewes District Council • Maidstone Borough Council • Milton Keynes Energy Agency • National Energy Foundation • National Trust • Natural England • RSPB • Rushmoor Borough Council • SCOPAC (Standing Conference on Problems Associated with the Coastline) • South East England Development Agency • South East England Regional Assembly • South East Rural Community Councils • South East Water • South Oxfordshire District Council • Southampton City Council • Southern Water • Spelthorne Borough Council • Surrey County Council • Surrey Economic Partnership • Sustainable Living Consulting Ltd. • Sutton & East Surrey Water • TV Energy • Thames Water Utilities Ltd. • The Sustainability Centre • The Wildlife Trusts in the South East • Three Valleys Water • Tourism South East • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council • UK Climate Impacts Programme • Vale of White Horse District Council • WWF-UK • Waverley Borough Council • West Sussex County Council • Woking Borough Council • AEA Energy & Environment • Ashwood Climate Change Consultancy • Aylesbury Vale District Council • Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council • Biodiversity International Ltd. • Brighton & Hove City Council • C4S • Ceradon • Chichester District Council • Crawley Borough Council • Creative Environmental Networks • Eastleigh Borough Council • English Wines Group Ltd. • Environment Agency • Forest Research • Government Office for the South East • Groundwork UK South East • Guildford Borough Council • Hadlow College • Hampshire County Council
Climate Change in South East England – 2050s • Mean annual temperature + 1.2 to + 3.4 oC • Winter rainfall + 6 to + 22 % • Summer rainfall - 8 to - 23 % • Mean sea level in the English Channel + 54 cm. • Overall increase in temperature and rainfall variability • Higher likelihood of summer heat waves and very wet winters
South East England • 8 million people • 3 million households • Major urban areas • UK’s second largest airport, major ports and >22% UK’s motorways • 15.6% UK GVA (gross value added) Economic output £58b • Income 9% above national average • >25% UK’s R&D (2001 figures) • >80% land rural • 74 Councils • Regional Plans.. South East Plan – 20 year horizon, Regional Economic Strategy – 10 yr horizon
Taking the opportunities - Low-carbon and resilient communities • Housing and infrastructure • Business efficiency and continuity • Biodiversity and land management • Water resource management and flood risks • Food, farming and energy • Community responses – local solutions and local production
Find Out More • Visit our website for information, tools and resources and join us to get involved: www.climatesoutheast.org.uk • Access information, maps and research on climate change in your area from the UK Climate Impacts Programme: http://www.ukcip.org.uk/
South East Climate Change Partnership heather.buttivant@climatesoutheast.org.uk 01483 501 360