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Organisational Culture & Resources

 

To make progress with adaptation, it will need to fit with your organisational culture and resources. By developing this capability you will find ways to align adaptation activities with your organisation’s priorities. Over time they will become mainstreamed into plans, policies and procedures – part of business as usual for your organisation.

  • Starting

    OC1A Consider how adaptation fits with your organisation and its objectives
    Identify how adaptation supports delivery of your organisation’s strategic objectives. Use this to communicate why adaptation matters. You will need to consider where adaptation is best placed in your organisation and start to identify relevant groups and decision making processes that will need to consider it.
    OC1B Identify resources available for adaptation
    Adaptation is a long-term process that will see you undertake many tasks requiring a range of different resources – human, physical, financial, information and intellectual. It is useful to survey resources that already exist within your organisation that will enable you to plan and deliver future work.

  • Intermediate

    OC2A Secure resources to plan and deliver adaptation
    Your organisation will need committed resources – human, physical, financial, information and intellectual – to progress with adaptation. You need to secure those needed for short-term activities – but also look ahead at likely future needs. Consider both internal and external sources.
    OC2B Engage with colleagues to identify adaptation opportunities and potential ‘champions’
    Adaptation is a long-term process that will see you undertake many tasks requiring a range of different resources – human, physical, financial, information and intellectual. It is useful to survey resources that already exist within your organisation that will enable you to plan and deliver future work.
    OC2C Establish governance arrangements for adaptation
    Setting up governance arrangements for adaptation is essential to enable effective decision-making and collaborative delivery across your organisation. Seek approval for an option that works for your organisation – and is able to deliver your adaptation objectives.

  • Advanced

    OC3A Identify opportunities to include adaptation in plans, policies and procedures
    Take a systematic look across the breadth of your organisation’s activities / functions to identify opportunities to include adaptation in plans, policies and procedures. Think about where you can make the most impact, but also look beyond the ‘obvious’ to areas that may not have considered climate adaptation.
    OC3B Motivate ‘champions’ and actively promote adaptation across the organisation
    Your organisation should openly promote an adaptation agenda both internally and externally. Seek to recognise and empower adaptation ‘champions’, individuals who can lead the way in your organisation by setting goals, advocating and resourcing initiatives on adaptation.
    OC3C Put governance arrangements for adaptation into operation
    An on-going effort is required to implement your approved adaptation governance arrangements. Good governance will provide oversight for a work programme, defines roles and responsibilities, and will have appropriate authority to approve and implement change.

  • Mature

    OC4A Mainstream adaptation into your organisation’s plans, policies and procedures
    You can reduce reliance on stand-alone adaptation actions (often seen as a burden) by mainstreaming into your organisation’s functions. Prioritise those that will deliver most impact, but also embed adaptation considerations within review/update cycles for a wide range of plans, policies and procedures.
    OC4B Develop a network of recognised adaptation ‘champions’
    As more people become actively involved delivering adaptation across your organisation, it is important to continue to recognise, support and – to avoid silos – coordinate those who are leading the way as adaptation ‘champions’. By developing a formal or informal network you can create space for communication and encourage peer support.
    OC4C Review and update governance arrangements for adaptation
    Your organisation should periodically review, reflect and update governance arrangements for adaptation. This will help you take opportunities that arise and account for changing demands as adaptation progresses – as well respond to any wider changes in taking place in your organisation.