Cliimate Change is probably the single largest global challenge faced by us all. To do its part, the RTPI launched: Planning to Live with Climate Change - Our 7 Commitments.

• Biodiversity & Countryside Management and climate change
  Climate Change Champion: Stephen Isaac 
• Energy & Planning and climate change
  Climate Change Champion: Chris Tivey
• Environmental Assessment and climate change
  Climate Change Champion: Dermot Scanlon
• Healthy Communities and climate change
  Climate Change Champion: Paul Tomlinson
• Minerals & Waste and climate change
  Climate Change Champions: Sue Brett and Lester Hicks
• Water & Marine Spatial Planning and climate change
  Climate Change Champion: Laura Cox

Our Champions are exploring and providing good practice examples and articles to feature on the website and in the media and will promote discussion amongst Network Members.

The RTPI Climate Change Champions met on 5 May 2010 to discuss how they could best take forward the initiative and help deliver the Institute's 7 Commitments. Read a report of the meeting. 

Read an article on Climate Change & Planning produced by the EPP Network for RTPI News in Planning Magazine.

More information on climate change and planning can be found here:

• RTPI Climate Change Compendium
• RTPI climate change research papers
• Networks and climate change

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Author:

Catherine Middleton

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

13-Apr-11

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