The Climate Ready Edinburgh Plan 2024-2030, is the city’s second adaptation plan, following on from the 2016-2020 Edinburgh Adapts Plan. It sets out a vision for a “thriving, fair, resilient city and region where people, communities, business and nature flourish in a changing climate”.
Climate Ready Edinburgh has been developed by the Edinburgh Adaptation and Nature Partnership. This partnership reports to the Net Zero Edinburgh Leadership Board, and is made up of: City of Edinburgh Council, Scottish Water, SEPA, Edinburgh World Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, NHS Lothian, NatureScot, Edinburgh Biodiversity Partnership, University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Napier University, Edinburgh College, and Sniffer.
The Plan sets out actions across nine themes:
- Planning and the built environment
- Water management and resilience
- Coastal adaptation
- Sustainable transport
- Safeguarding and enhancing our natural environment
- Community, health and wellbeing
- Economy and culture
- Building understanding of climate risk
- Governance and invesment
Where a regional approach is required, delivery of the plan will also align with the wider work being developed through Climate Ready South East Scotland.
Find out moreAdaptation Scotland is supporting Climate Ready Edinburgh by:
- Helping to develop the content and delivery of the Plan through membership of the Edinburgh Adaptation and Nature Partnership
- Supporting collaborative actions within the plan, including helping communities to use the Community Climate Adaptation Routemap, and promoting guidance and tools to small businesses
- Adaptation Scotland previously worked closely with City of Edinburgh Council to develop the first Edinburgh Adapts plan in 2015-16
