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Scottish Government / Joseph Rowntree Foundation / Adaptation Scotland Conference

Climate Justice: Delivering socially just adaptation in Scotland

Building community resilience to extreme weather events

Ralph Throp, Head of Community Resilience Policy, Resilience Division, the Scottish Government

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Aims and Objectives

Scottish Government Strategic Objectives:

Safer and stronger Greener Healthier Wealthier Smarter

Resilience Aim: “Scotland is as prepared as possible to deal with the

consequences of any national or local emergency…..”

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“We live in a brittle society”

“Next generation resilience relies on citizens and communities, not the institutions of the state”

Edwards (2009)

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Resilience in ScotlandUnderpinning principles:

•Worst-case scenarios are the benchmark•Public, private and voluntary sectors need to work together•Horizon scanning•Long-term view necessary•Consequences not causes – for anything, not everything

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What is community resilience? “Communities and individuals harnessing

resources and expertise to help themselves prepare for, respond to and recover from

emergencies, in a way that complements the work of the emergency responders”

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A challenge:

Every day in Scotland thousands of people need to attend hospital for life-saving treatment like dialysis. If severe weather caused a problem getting someone from their home to their hospital transport, could your community get together to help?

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How concerned are the public?

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How prepared do the public feel?

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Who’s responsible for being prepared for emergencies?

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What Can Government

Do?• Improve understanding of

risk• Increase awareness of

importance to act• Facilitate liaison &

development• Support new ideas &

approaches – pilots• Provide Guidance, advice

& support“Myth busting”• All to encourage behaviour

change • Work under way in all

these areas

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Winter preparedness campaign and Ready Scotland web portal.

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Encouraging integration of the voluntary sector with

responders. • Resilience Advisory Board (Voluntary

Sector) group – bringing together responders and the voluntary sector

• Twice yearly meetings – discussions at the heart of policy

• Summer seminar – updates, sharing good practice and joint exercising.

• Voluntary Emergency Responders Guide• Local good practice – Central SCG

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Integrating resilience into the schools

curriculum

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Guide to emergency planning for community groups

• A step by step guide to making a community emergency plan for community groups

• Where to go for help and advice

• Published on Ready Scotland

• Templates – not branded,can be used or adapted.

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Myth busting: Will I be sued if I help someone and something

goes wrong?

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Progress and future challenges

• Encouraging people to take more responsibility for themselves and their communities means that resources can be used more effectively.

• What do we know is working?

Raising public awareness of risk Focusing on assets Providing advice about the simple steps people can take – individually and

collectively Normalising resilience – sharing good practice Sharing knowledge of who does what Signposting to further advice Partnership’s critical – building capacity and using trusted voices.

But……

• The bigger challenge is how we improve the impact of all this activity, particularly in those communities and for those individuals who need it most…..

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Thanks.