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Matthew Bird

Matthew Bird. Climate South East. A Climate resilient and low carbon future benefiting existing and future generations Sharing and Understanding Joining up policies that work Developing and sharing solutions. AEA Energy & Environment Ashwood Climate Change Consultancy

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Matthew Bird

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  1. Matthew Bird

  2. Climate South East • A Climate resilient and low carbon future benefiting existing and future generations • Sharing and Understanding • Joining up policies that work • Developing and sharing solutions

  3. AEA Energy & Environment Ashwood Climate Change Consultancy Aylesbury Vale District Council Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council Biodiversity International Ltd. Brighton & Hove City Council C4S Ceradon Charnock Environmental Chichester District Council Crawley Borough Council Creative Environmental Networks Eastleigh Borough Council East Sussex County Council Energy Saving Trust English Wines Group Ltd. Environment Agency Forest Research Government Office for the South East The Greening Campaign Groundwork UK South East Guildford Borough Council Hadlow College Hampshire County Council Hastings Borough Council Horsham District Council Impetus Consulting Kent County Council Lewes District Council Maidstone Borough Council Milton Keynes Energy Agency National Energy Foundation National Trust Natural England New Forest National Park Phil Sivel Consulting Portsmouth City Council Pro Enviro Ltd 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 Our Members • South East Water • South Oxfordshire District Council • Southampton City Council • Southern Water • Spelthorne Borough Council • Strategic Environmental Systems • Surrey County Council • Surrey Economic Partnership • Sustainable Living Consulting Ltd. • Sutton & East Surrey Water • TV Energy • Thames Water Utilities Ltd. • The Protected Landscapes in the South East • The Environment Centre • The Wildlife Trusts in the South East • Tourism South East • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council • UK Climate Impacts Programme • Vale of White Horse District Council • WWF-UK • Waverley Borough Council • Wealden District Council • West Sussex County Council • Woking Borough Council

  4. IPPC 4th Report 2007 • Warming of the climate system is unequivocal • 0.13degrees C the atmosphere is warming each decade • At a depth of 3 kilometres the oceans have warmed • 90% certainty that we are to blame • Eleven of the last twelve years (1995 -2006) rank among the 12 warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).

  5. Stern Review We have the time and Knowledge to act but only if we act internationally, strongly and urgently - STERN(Head of the Government Economic Service, Senior Vice President of the World Bank) ‘The outcome of carrying out business as usual is catastrophic akin to the cost of fighting the two World wars and the 1930’s stock market crash combined’

  6. Our Changing Climate

  7. Climate Change in SE 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

  8. What it means..

  9. Research and Guidance

  10. Sharing Learning • Workshops and Events • Case Studies • Website –www.climatesoutheast.org.uk

  11. Adaptation – Sector Groups • Biodiversity • Business and Economy • Communities • Communications • Tourism • Emissions Monitoring • Planning • Health and Population

  12. Adaptation – Projects/Partnering • LRAP • Climate UK • TRCCG • Resilient Organisations • Ecological Footprint • Linking to UKCIP • Tourism • NI186/188 and LCLIPs • LDF and Climate Change • Regional Vulnerability Assessment • SEFS/Behaviour Change

  13. Coming Up……. • UKCP09 • Climate UK • Local Authority support • Further linking with DECC/Defra • Extending Membership • Events • Mapping Community Action • Behaviour change approaches

  14. Find Out More Visit our website for information, case studies, 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/

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