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AGENDA
08:45 Registration and refreshments
09:15 Introduction and welcome by the chair
Keith Aitken is an award-winning writer and broadcaster, and one of Scotland’s most experienced conference facilitators.
Session One: Adapting Our Ways – Managing Scotland’s Climate Risk
In Adapting Our Ways: Managing Scotland’s Climate Risk: Consultation to Inform Scotland’s Climate Change Adaptation Framework, the government asks what the cost of not acting now will mean for Scotland’s ability to adapt to climate change – and associated risks – in the future. The consultation seeks to gather information about the strategic principles and priorities for action from a variety of sectors, to inform the next phase of the consultation scheduled for early 2009.
09:20 Setting the Scene
Maf Smith, Director Sustainable Development Commission Scotland
09:40 Contingency Planning and Response
Dr Chris J Spray MBE, Director of Environmental Science SEPA
10:00 Local Government response to climate change
Cllr Alison Hay, Environment, Sustainability and Community Safety Spokesperson, COSLA
10:20 Questions, discussion and electronic audience response
10:50 Refreshments
Session Two: No longer why but how
Climate change is no longer a debateable point but a given. It is the greatest risk to a stable Scottish and global future. But is the message being communicated? Or listened to and acted upon? What action is needed to achieve climate change targets and minimise or address risk? These are some of the key elements of the consultation; this session focuses on how the community can embed the four principles for strategic development (Awareness, Avoidance, Alleviation and Assistance) that will build resilience and address climate change risk.
11:15 Educating for Change
Commissioner Ann Finlayson, Sustainable Development Commission
11:35 Changing systemic attitudes
[Speaker tbc]
11:55 “Doing nothing is not an option”
Brendan Dick, Director, BT Scotland, Ambassador for Climate Change for Scottish Business in the Community
12:15 Questions, discussion and electronic audience response
12:45 Lunch
Session Three: Tackling the results of climate change – NPF2, Flood Risk Management and Climate Change Bill
A well-adapting Scotland means examining planning and implementation decisions on investment, infrastructure and civil contingency – these three areas mean ensuring joined-up thinking across the National Planning Framework 2, Flood Risk Management (in Scotland) and the Scottish Climate Change Bill. Ensuring consistencies of approach across these areas will ensure agreed levels of risk management, co-ordinated responses and flow of information, and ongoing monitoring of both impacts of climate change and effectiveness of adaptive strategies.
13.45 A flood of good ideas – flooding, engineering and strategic management
[Speaker tbc]
14:05 Climate of change – collective response to climate change
Dr Iain Brown, Macaulay Institute
14:25 Building the right environment – NPF2 and climate change
Prof Greg Lloyd, School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster
14:45 Refreshments
Session Four: Open Questions – More Strategic Actions
This session will focus on further development and audience responses on those questions from the consultation that require more detailed answers, such as what isn’t included in the strategic goals that should be, questions of implementation, measurable targets and further exploration of the most pressing challenges for organisations planning for critical weather events.
15:05 Panel Discussion – questions will be both framed on the above and further developed by delegates.
Panel members tbc
15:25 The Scottish Government’s response to climate change
Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
15:45 Summary and conclusions
16:00 Close of conference
