Environment

Your Climate Closure

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:50:31 +0000

Your Climate will be closed for business from 23 March 2016. As part of continued rationalisation our work will be taken forward by Climate UK - see www.climateuk.net for the wide range of news, tools, and resources available.

This follows over 12 successful years of delivery across the fields of climate change adaptation and mitigation and securing significant funding for the benefit of our stakeholders.

Thank you for the fantastic support and collaborative effort of the years.

YORprocure Energy Workshop

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:35:45 +0000

Local authorities in Yorkshire & Humber collectively spend £120m per year on energy procurement. With rising fuel costs and unprecedented budget pressures this workshop will help authorities to share and identify good practice, develop networks between the different professional networks involved in procuring, managing and reducing energy use and begin to develop a roadmap to reduce regional spend on energy.

This event is open to local authorities only. Delegates can book their place on-line at http://tinyurl.com/q6ukeme or call LGYH on 01924 200262.

Adaptation Network - event report published

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:17:08 +0000

The full event report and presentations from the Adaptation Network event held on 3 June are available to download from Your Climate now at http://www.yourclimate.org/pages/adaptation-network .

Creating & Managing Resilient Local Highways - resource published

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:57:41 +0000

A new resource for practitioners involved with the maintenance and development of the local highway network in a changing climate has been published by Climate UK. 'Creating & Managing Resilient Local Highways' follows the successful event in Wakefield presented by Your Climate, in association with Climate UK and national partners, including the Department for Transport and ADEPT that was aimed at local authority elected members, service managers and officers from highways engineering, maintenance, street services, strategic planning, regeneration, environment and sustainability.

Go Live for C-Plan Energy Assessment Tool

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:50:37 +0000

The C-Plan Energy Assessment Tool for Local Planning Authorities has now gone live with seven authorities already signed up and benfiting from the tool.

All Local Planning Authorities in Yorkshire & Humber can access the tool, which allows developers to demonstrate and verify compliance with local climate change policies as set out in Local Plans.

Lively debate on the role of Planning and renewables #RELO

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:18:44 +0000

Our event report is published along with all presentations following our lively event - Renewable Energy & Local Opportunities - held in York on 4 July. An exciting line-up of speakers from government, industry and local government explored the costs, benefits, impacts and opportunities of renewable energy included: Hugh Ellis (TCPA) and Chair for the day

Local Health & Wellbeing in a Changing Climate

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:31:15 +0000

Your Climate and Climate North East jointly hosted a workshop in York on 5 March to explore the health implications of a changing climate and how partners can work together to improve health outcomes through the new arrangements for the NHS and public health. Presentations from the day and links to resources to help organisations adapt are now available to view on-line and download from the Your Climate website.

A full report from the day is also available to download now.

Climate Disadvantage - What are the social impacts of climate change?

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:04:03 +0000

Disadvantaged people and communities can be disproportionately affected by climate change. This landmark event will examine the links between climate change and poverty, help to identify the interdependancies and explore ways to understand and improve our responses through climate change adaptation policy and practice.

Climate Change Risk Assessment Published

Sunny — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:25:39 +0000

The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) 2012 has now been published. It is the first assessment of its kind for the UK and the first in a 5 year cycle. It provides underpinning evidence that can be used by Government to help inform priorities for action and appropriate adaptation measures.

Follow Your Climate on Twitter

Sunny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:03:15 +0000

Your Climate has embraced the new and is now an active Twitter user and participant. We have been running our account for a couple of months to test the water and gather feedback as to whether it is a useful part of how we communicate our plans, actions and activities.

Who are Climate UK?

Sunny — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:46:38 +0000

Climate UK, is a not-for-profit Community of Interest Company working with Climate Change Partnerships across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to promote action on climate change.

Climate UK's aim is to investigate, inform and advise on risks and opportunities presented by climate change; and coordinate and support integrated, sustainable and effective responses.

YoHr Space Climate Change Best Practice Exchange

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:42:28 +0000

On Monday 27th June get the latest news, tips and ideas from the range of innovative climate change projects run by local authorities across Yorkshire and the Humber with funding support from YoHr Space.

The event is a great opportunity to network, hear from a range of colleagues who have delivered YoHr Space projects and to hear more about the legacy for local government improvement.

YHREF Humber Sub-Region Event: New Jan 14th Date Announced!

Sunny — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:01:45 +0000

Despite the difficulties that the current political situation has created YHREF were feeling pretty happy with the latter section of 2010. On occasion, it has been like trying to dress an eel in a tuxedo but our workshop programme has generated lively discussion, avenues of investigation and opportunities for future partnerships and networks.

If you have missed the story so far then the workshop reports contain everthing that you need. Please download them from the link below.

What do the latest climate projections mean for you?

Sunny — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:16:10 +0000

The UK Climate Projections 09 are a powerful tool which can show how the climate in the UK could change, and really usefully, they provide information at a local level which can help your council:

We're part of Climate UK

Jon.Clubb@lgyh.gov.uk — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:17:39 +0000

Climate UK is the national network of nine climate change partnerships in England, together with our counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Adaptation Scotland programme and the Welsh Government.

Climate UK was constituted as a Community Interest Company ('Climate Partnership UK', trading as Climate UK) in 2011. Your Climate works closely with its equivalents throughout the UK to share and transfer good practice and deliver joint projects.