Resilience Preparing Cornwall for a Changing Climate

Resilience preparing Cornwall for a changing climate

Paul Minshull; March 2018

14 Rapid Response Context Catchments 300 Beaches 74% Agricultural The ‘break- Land weather’ for the South of the UK

3,250 km of OWC/750km of Main River

700km of Large number of coastal towns, villages Coastline and businesses

www.cornwall.gov.uk Climate Change & Cornwall

Less consistent rainfall patterns Sea level rise Accelerated coastal erosion Increase in extreme events Loss of natural defences

www.cornwall.gov.uk Extreme Events

www.cornwall.gov.uk Challenges to Resilience in Cornwall

40% of population live in communities Limited infrastructure of less than 3,000 people

12.6% of the 88% of businesses population live in the described as “micro” 20% most deprived business communities in England Only 50m of Environment Agency own coastal assets

www.cornwall.gov.uk Preparing Cornwall Good Governance

• Influencing Policy • Changing practices Strategic Better Reducing Investment Working Vulnerability • Gathering evidence Plan Practices • Strategic Investment

Strong Evidence Base

www.cornwall.gov.uk A True Picture of Risk

Risks to our: • Society • Economy • Environment

Using all available evidence………

……to calculate the true cost of flooding

www.cornwall.gov.uk Changing the way we work

Catchment Based Health & Wellbeing Approach (CaBA) Board

Catchment Local Nature Local Enterprise Partnerships Partnership Partnership Local Environment (Cornwall & Tamar) Groups Strategic Resilience Board Working Groups

Community Flood Cornwall Community Groups Flood Forum South West Regional Flood and Other Coastal Committee Resilient Cornwall Cornwall Resilience (Emergency Planning and Forum National Project South West Coastal Response) Assurance Service Advisory Group South West Coastal Advisory Group

Cornwall and Isles of Sicily Coastal Advisory Group

www.cornwall.gov.uk Investing in the Future

• Beach Dune Management • Reviewing the Shoreline Management Plan • 25 Year investment Strategy • Review of Maritime Strategy

www.cornwall.gov.uk The Summary To build a resilient and sustainable future we need to create ownership at a local level and plan for a changing climate at a county and national level

www.cornwall.gov.uk Cornwall Council County Hall Truro TR1 3AY

Tel: 0300 1234 100 www.cornwall.gov.uk