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Why is this important? Why is this important? Anyone know what song - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Why is this important? Why is this important? Anyone know what song - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Why is this important? Why is this important? Anyone know what song this is? Yes thats right, Crowded House Weather With You UK release in 1992. I was 5 years old. Why is this important? The estimated average annual economic
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Anyone know what song this is? Yes that’s right, Crowded House – ‘Weather With You’ UK release in 1992. I was 5 years old.
Why is this important?
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The estimated average annual economic consequence of flooding from river and coastal flooding and coastal erosion?
£960 million
Why is this important?
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Businesses
- 74% of WM businesses impacted by
weather between 2006-2011.
- 46% suffered costs of over £200,000.
- Likely this will have increased even further
since then...
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Cleone Foods
- ”We believe that a
responsible business must also be a resilient business.”
- “Resilience gives the
business a competitive advantage over competitors.”
- “Resilient businesses can
adapt and develop new
- pportunities and promote
stability, personal security and long-term values.” Simon Noble, Cleone Foods
Oh look, it’s Simon Slater…
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LEPs
“The value of the UK Adaptation and Resilience Climate Change Sector is estimated at £2.1bn.”
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Infrastructure
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Local authorities “Extreme winter weather is estimated to have cost the council £5.7m” (Hampshire). “The winter storms of 2013/14 cost Kent County Council an estimated £4.4m in direct costs” (Kent).
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Communities
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Health
Significant
Heat related illness Skin cancer Water/vector borne disease Air quality Health inequality Pressure on care providers Flood related illness
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Addressing health inequality
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Target
Male
(life expectancy gap (years) between best and worst areas)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Target
Female
(life expectancy gap (years) between best and worst areas
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SWM currently supporting BSMHFT to develop a Sustainability and Resilience Plan To include climate risks to their…:
- 50+ Sites
- Patients
- Wider community
- Staff
- Organisation
…and ways they can address these.
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Opportunities
- “The benefits of retrofitting green sustainable drainage
systems at a city-wide scale are valued at over £1.5 billion over 40 years for Coventry.”
- Longer growing season
- New products and markets
- Funding opportunities
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Tools
By the way… SWM & Climate UK produced or contributed to ALL of these…
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