Embedding climate change adaptation on corporate risk registers with Stirling Council

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Date added: 12/07/2016

Adaptation Scotland helped Stirling Council take account of climate change impacts in its corporate risk register, ensuring the risks posed by climate change are considered at key decision points.

Stirling Council has included “Failure to comply with the adaptation requirement of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009” on its Corporate Risk Register. This case study looks at the steps the Council took to include the risk and the benefits of the approach.

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Key feature

Adaptation Learning Exchange member Stirling Council were able to included a requirement to consider the adaptation aspects of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 on their corporate risk register, leading to better decision making.

Contact

David Bright, Stirling Council

Angela Heaney, Stirling Council

brightd@stirling.gov.uk

heaneya@stirling.gov.uk

Sector

Public Sector

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Project status

Complete

Project participants

Stirling Council

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