Spring Conference Friday March 14 th 2014 Welcome

1. Spring ConferenceFriday March 14th 2014 Welcome

2. Simon Hooton Broads Authority

3. What about this weather eh? The impact of recent weather in the Broads and beyond

4. Courtesy of Environment Agency

5. In this talk…. • What do we think we have learnt from recent weather? • Future expectations • Broads 0Community – planning ahead • Where do parish councils fit in?

6. Courtesy Environment Agency

7. Courtesy Mike Page & Environment Agency

8. Summary UNCLASSIFIED

12. From Climate Research Unit, UEA, website

13. Costs of recent events: • 2003 Heatwave– 2,000 excess deaths in UK and 30,000 in Europe • 2007 Floods - £4 billion total costs and 35,000 insurance claims by businesses • 2010 Snow – permanent loss of 0.5% GDP • 2012 Wet summer – cost to rural economy (agriculture and tourism) in excess of £1 billion • 2011 Weather in Asia-Pacific – economic losses of close to $300 billion

14. Climate Change Act 2008

15. Selection of Key National Threats

16. Selection of Key Opportunities

18. NAP and Climate Ready themes • Built Environment • Infrastructure • Natural Environment • Agriculture and Forestry • Local Government • Health and Wellbeing • Business

19. Transparent process informing stakeholders – especially organisations, landowners and Communities of progress made and where they can contribute. Undertake compelling interpretation to reduce complexity and gain support

20. The Broads A member of The National Park family

22. Climate Adaptation • Warmer, drier summers • Summer rainfall • Winter rainfall • Sea level • More frequent, more intense extreme events Depending on what we do now to lessen carbon dioxide emissions we may have to cope with summer days reaching ~38oC; the tide being ~30cm higher; more intense periods of rain; more extreme storms

23. Example of assessment of impacts on a special quality

24. Summary of impacts - 1

25. Summary of impacts - 2

26. Example of standard adaptation options

27. What is flooding? • Water where it is not wanted. • A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from overflow of inland or tidal waters from the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source. • Australian Government’s standard definition of flood for insurance policies. • The covering of normally dry land by water that has escaped or been released from the normal confines of: any lake, or any river, creek or other natural watercourse, whether or not altered or modified; or any reservoir, canal, or dam.

28. Types of flooding • River over topping or breaching defences • Tide locking of rivers • Surface waters (heavy rain not getting away; sewers inundated; pumps fail) • Groundwater (build up from below) • Sea surging up the river • Sea over-topping or breaching defences

29. Broadland Flood Alleviation Project • 20 year public / private project to tackle the flood protection on the Broadland rivers

32. Potential flooding

33. By email: broadscommunity@broads-authority.gov.uk By phone: 01603 756025 By post: Broads Authority, Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich NR1 1RY

36. Issues emerging from the engagement planning • Balance between relatively few residents and 7 million visitors • Who needs to act? Landowners; parish councils; organisations; young people; • Been adapting for centuries – why need to change? • How much people believe the science and who is best to champion the science? • Sufficient understanding of possible solutions • Does the Government think it’s important?

37. Position on ‘adaptation journey’ by theme

38. Broads Connected Emissions

39. Mitigation • Change fossil carbon emissions • Low carbon alternatives • Resource usage: reduce, reuse, recycle • Power Down – Zero Carbon Britain • Transition Towns – localising skills and action

40. Adaptation • Building in resilience • Lessen other risks • Planning ahead • Doing things differently • Living with new regimes

41. Option A: Business as usual • Make improvements when matters are no longer acceptable • Incremental changes when required • Reacting after an event to make sure it doesn’t happen again • Using recent experience to determine the next level to move to

42. Option B: Protective hard engineering • Identify risks and build to minimise those risks • Use of hard engineering to keep water where we want it to go • Controls through banks, barriers and sluices • Building in safety margins to stay ahead of the predictions

43. Option C: Making space for water • Identifying places were excess flood water can go to in advance • Wash-land managed to still give a return and cope with occasional periods of flood • Soft edges to dissipate impacts • Connecting waterways and wetlands • Improving the way the flood plain functions

44. Where do parish councils fit in? Mitigation • Lowering reliance on fossil fuels • Building local skills and services • Saving energy….money • Allotments, orchards • Community assets Adaptation • Think ahead when you renew things – will they cope? More resilience. • Identify opportunities and vulnerabilities • People • Places • Services

45. What do you want from the Broads in the future?

48. Melanie Blatch Gt Yarmouth YAB

49. Ignite ProjectYouth Work in the rural parishes of Great Yarmouth Melanie Blanch – Youth Worker

50. Working in Martham, Hemsby and Caister • Also smallers villages such as Ormesby, Scratby and Fleggburgh depending on need • Funded by Great Yarmouth YAB • 1 year • Working with 13-19 year olds