All parts of the RTPI are involved in delivering its Planning to live with climate change initiative. The RTPI has set out Seven Commitments on Climate Change (pdf, 2.2 mb).

What is the Network doing? 

Les Huckfield and Richard Garland are the Regeneration Network Climate Change Champions. The kind of things they are doing include providing examples of good practice and items for the website, writing articles for the network bulletin, RTPI News and other media publications, and signposting members to relevant events. 

To encourage discussion within network members, Les has written an initial note on renewables development, planning gain and community benefit (pdf, 406 kb), What future for regeneration and climate change policies? (pdf, 374 kb) and The future is local - but is it also green? (pdf, 585 kb). (Documents available to network members - log in required)  

Regeneration and climate change

If you have a contribution for this page or the bulletin, please contact me. 

Green up! (from CDF) provides community groups with everything they need to work productively with their councils on environment and sustainability issues. 

Facing up to Rising Sea Levels (pdf, 4.1 mb) is a joint project between Building Futures and the Institution of Civil Engineers. It examines the current practice of coastal flood management in the urban context.

Urban Futures is a unique research effort that seeks to establish and test alternative future scenarios, providing insights into the potential sustainability impact of today's urban regeneration decisions.

Climate Change and you from The Guardian - see what the experts say, test your knowledge and find out more about climate change research.

South East Diamonds Ecological Footprint Policy Group supports the commitment of the Diamonds to lead the South East in addressing climate change and achieving sustainable economic development within environmental limits, focused on the regional target to stabilise, then reduce, the South East's Ecological Footprint.

Good Foundations: Towards a low carbon, high well-being built environment is a report, commissioned by the Happold Trust, which explores how architects, engineers, planners and policymakers can ensure that new development projects work for people and the planet.

Energising communities: learning from area-based energy efficiency projects in Scotland (pdf, 1.1 mb) The combination of rising energy prices and the need to reduce climate change emissions emphasises the need for government, the energy industry and consumers to take a stronger approach towards energy efficiency. Area-based approaches to energy efficiency, offering targeted services at community level, are increasingly seen as one important part of the solution.

Adapting to the impact of climate change on buildings, neighbourhoods and cities (pdf, 713 kb) This Briefing Guide was prepared for the Northwest Climate Change Adaptation Group and is aimed at those decision-makers whose actions directly affect the design, construction, maintenance and regeneration of the built environment – developers, clients, planners, designers and constructors.

Community power empowers (pdf, 1.6 mb) This Urban Forum report looks at successful community-led and municipal-led renewable energy projects, and identifies a number of common characteristics as drivers to making the projects happen or creating the necessary culture change to enable innovation to thrive.

Planning for Climate Change: guidance and model policies for local authorities This guide is designed primarily for local authorities and new Local Enterprise Partnerships who want both to tackle climate change and to reap the benefits that renewable energy and effective adaptation can bring.

Climate change strategy and action plan (pdf, 1.6 mb) From Glasgow City Council development and regeneration services

Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities This JRF study explores the vulnerability to climate change of communities in disadvantaged coastal areas of the UK, combines four case studies with a literature review and analysis of likely impacts, interviews and a workshop and provides recommendations for improving their resilience to climate change as part of national and local adaptation responses.

What else is the RTPI doing?

As well as the Seven commitments, and the "champions" initiative, you may be interested in the climate change information we have put together on these pages: RTPI Practice Signposts and RTPI Research Pages. 

Events

• Forthcoming RTPI events relating to climate change

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Author:

Catherine Middleton

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

05-Dec-11

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