Resources

If you are interested in learning more about the principles of climate resilience, please have a look at the publications below – they have been created by an array of local, national and international organisations and give a great overview of the forecast consequences of climate change and what recommendations there are for creating better climate resilience. If you think there are other publications we should add, send us a message with an attachment or a link.

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Over time we aim to also add a list of resources for local people to access templates and documents already developed. This will allow us to build on each other’s learning, rather than everyone having to start from scratch, making our materials Open-Source. If you use any of our materials, please reference that they were created as part of ResNet, and if you develop a new version of a document that suits your purposes, please send us a copy, so we can add it to our documents for others to use in turn!

13 Documents

Climate change: risk assessment and adaptation planning in your management system

This guidance explains how to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system. You will need to consider: – the risks to your business from climate change – the risks your business creates due to climate change – how to embed controls The detail in your risk assessment and plan of action should reflect the risk that climate change creates for your operation.

Bristol Resilience Strategy

This Strategy – in the spirit of something that is both complex and collaborative – is intended to be a dynamic process that will change over time as more people become involved, our collective thinking evolves and new challenges and opportunities emerge. We did not start from scratch, but built on some visionary work already done in the city such as High in Hope 2050 produced by The Initiative, Business West.

COMMUNITY RETROFIT GUIDE

This guide is intended to be a resource for community groups who would like to become involved in domestic retrofit. We will explore the many ways in which community groups could get involved in this exciting and rapidly growing area. This could be giving advice, carrying out assessments, or helping to develop local supply chains. We help you to think through the process of getting started.

Building Thriving Neighbourhoods: The Locality Manifesto

We believe a hopeful future lies in the inspiring work of local community organisations. In the face of huge challenges, they are building thriving neighbourhoods. As we approach a general election, we want to showcase this to politicians from all parties – so the next government can help inspire a Community Power Revolution.

One City Plan 2023

The One City Plan sets out a path to a 2050 Bristol that is a ‘fair, healthy and sustainable city, a city of hope and aspiration, where everyone can share in its success.’ It is the product of our city’s commitment to come together to agree on the future we want for our city, and set out the challenges we must overcome and the opportunities we must take to get there.

One City Plan timeline 2023 – 2050

A decade of recovery and renewal where we set ambitious goals and defined new pathways. A decade of delivery and action, where we laid the foundations for the future.

OXFAM Climate Crisis

We can all see that weather patterns are changing, which we refer to as ‘climate change’. Climate change has caused a worldwide climate crisis. Heatwaves, unpredictable and intense rain, and more powerful hurricanes are devastating lives. We know that it’s mainly human activity that causes climate change and that the resulting crisis poses a real threat to the planet and human life.

CLIMATE RISKS: BUILDING RESILIENCE

A guide to preparing your business for the impacts of a changing climate. Climate resilience means preparing for climate impacts, both those we are seeing already and those we expect to see in the future. If we just focus on getting to net zero, we will not be resilient to climate shocks which are already impacting the country such as extreme heat and flooding.

SPATIAL PLANNING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE & NET ZERO

This report explores the current capability of the spatial planning system (with a focus on England) to tackle the climate crisis and specifically how the system can support the government’s legal obligations in relation to climate mitigation and adaptation.

The Essential Guide to Doing Transition

Transition is an ongoing social experiment, a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world through a process of creating healthy human culture. It’s a movement you can join. It is inspirational, positive, evolving, and if you’ve made it here, it may well be just what you’re looking for.

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2022

Climate change is happening now. It is one of the biggest challenges of our generation and has already begun to cause irreversible damage to our planet and way of life. We have clear evidence demonstrating the pace of warming in recent decades and the impacts we will face should this continue. As we redouble our efforts to achieve net zero, we must also continue to raise ambitions on adaptation to ensure the UK is resilient to the challenges of a warming world.

The Case for Community Control of Civil Contingency Plans

This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.

Progress in adapting to climate change

This report provides the Committee’s biennial report of progress in preparing for climate change as required under the Climate Change Act. It provides an assessment of progress at the end of two National Adaptation Programmes, the statutory programme required from Government to help prepare the country for climate change.

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