Gairloch and Loch Ewe Public Engagement and Procedural Justice Ailsa Villegas, Sustainable Development Officer, The Highland Council.

Gairloch and Loch Ewe

Public Engagement and Procedural Justice

Ailsa Villegas, Sustainable Development Officer, The Highland Council

Highland Council Programme 2012-2015

The Council will support communities to be more resilient to climate change and extreme adverse weather events, by implementing the Council’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.

Project Aims

• Provide an understanding of weather events in Gairloch and Loch Ewe in the recent past;

• Assess current vulnerability to weather events; • Increase Highland Councils understanding of the

impacts of projected climate change on a rural community;

• Provide supporting data to enable the implementation of an Adaptation Strategy for Highland Council;

• Trial information and guidance for community groups; • Develop a toolkit for use by other communities;

Process

• Select a community1. Describing the Value at Stake2. Identifying Current Impacts3. Exploring Future Impacts4. Identifying Capacity for Change5. Building Resilience

Lessons Learned - Defining the area

Lessons Learned – Data Presentation

Lessons Learned – Vulnerability Assessments

Outcomes – Actions to Build Resilience

Public Consultation…..

What we could have done better