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The Adaptation Scotland programme is supporting partners within Tayside (Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross) to develop a new regional adaptation partnership to address climate risks at a regional scale.

The Climate Ready Tayside partnership is at a very early stage in its development and are currently undertaking stakeholder engagement activities to involve a wide range of people and organisations across the region in defining a shared vision and priorities for the new partnership.

Over the course of this year, the partnership aims to have a shared vision and approach to collaborative working that will support a business case to secure long term funding and support for adaptation action in Tayside.

Project aims

The Adaptation Scotland programme is supporting the Climate Ready Tayside partnership by:

  • Undertaking stakeholder mapping and engagement work to create a joint Vision of what an Adaptation Partnership in Tayside would be
  • Developing a business case for an Adaptation Partnership to assist in securing long term support and financing for the implementation of adaptation action in the region
  • Developing shared plans for communications, branding and messaging for the region
  • Exploring mechanisms to improve data sharing and decision making across the region, including longer term Governance structures for a Partnership.

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The River Clyde in Glasgow at night

Climate Ready Clyde is a leading cross-sector initiative funded by 12 member organisations and supported by the Scottish Government, to create and deliver a shared vision, strategy and action plan for an adapting Glasgow City Region. The initiative is the most established regional climate adaptation partnership in Scotland, and was initiated through the Adaptation Scotland programme in 2011.

In 2021 Climate Ready Clyde published the Glasgow City Region Climate Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan. This offers a blueprint to guide the way to a region that can thrive in our future climate. The Strategy and Action Plan is recognised as leading example in Scotland and in Europe. It sets out an ambitious shared vision and takes a transformative, whole-systems approach to climate adaptation, with an emphasis on fairness and ‘just resilience’.

The Strategy includes eleven strategic interventions that form a statement of ambition for the next decade, and sixteen Flagship Actions to accelerate progress by 2025. It is informed by a comprehensive Climate Risk and Opportunity Assessment, and by the Clyde Rebuilt project.

Verture provides the technical secretariat for Climate Ready Clyde, acting as a catalyst to create the enabling environment for transformative adaptation. The current members of the partnership are: East Dunbartonshire Council, East Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow City Council, Inverclyde Council, North Lanarkshire Council, Renfrewshire Council, SEPA, South Lanarkshire Council, SPT, University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde and West Dunbartonshire Council.

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The Adaptation Scotland programme has supported Climate Ready Clyde by:

 

  • Catalysing the establishment of the partnership, including through the development of the original Climate Ready Clyde vision in 2013
  • Developing shared resources and guidance, drawing on the experience of the partnership, including a toolkit for assessing climate risks for built environment projects
  • Continuing to collaborate with the partnership to share learning, support delivery and foster innovation. This has included an event on creating climate resilient communities, engagement through the Public Sector Climate Adaptation Network, and joint working on supporting business climate resilience.