Climate South East

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Climate South East Heather Buttivant Programme
Manager
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Creating Change

• A climate resilient and low carbon region,
  benefiting existing and future generations
• Sharing understanding
• Joining up policies that work
• Developing and sharing solutions

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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
• Portsmouth City Council
• 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

• 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
• East Sussex County Council
• English Wines Group Ltd.
• Environment Agency
• Forest Research
• Government Office for the South East
• Groundwork UK South East
• Guildford Borough 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 Environment Centre
• 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

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Our Changing Climate
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UK Summer Temperatures
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Climate Change in SE England
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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

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What it means..
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Current Flood Risk
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Taking the opportunities - Low-carbon and
resilient communities

• Energy
• Homes and transport
• Business efficiency and continuity
• Wildlife and countryside management
• Water availability and flood risks
• Food
• Community responses local solutions and local
  production

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Climate South East Successes

• Information sharing
• Guidance and tools
• Influencing decision making
• Project funding
• Networking and support
• Sharing good practice and experience
• Specialist group work
• Events

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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/

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Climate South East heather.buttivant_at_climatesouth
east.org.uk 01483 501 360