FCERM.net October News

Welcome to October!

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to our autumn edition of the FCERM.net newsletter.  In this letter we provide a roundup of the latest news and activities in the FCERM community, as well as access to videos of presentations from our Summer Annual Assembly.  The October highlights include:

News from the Community

Adaptation Scotland Launch New Partnership Project

Adaptation Scotland have launched a new Partnership Project aimed at bringing together key stakeholders  from organisations, businesses and communities across Scotland to identify shared adaptation challenges and take forward opportunities to work together.  Adaptation Scotland will be providing funding and support for one partnership project in 2016. 

Call for On-line Community Champions

With the launch of the FCERM.net and Sniffer On-line Community Forum, we are calling for enthusiastic members from across the FCERM sector to join our team of On-line Community Champions. The community forum exists to create a safe space where those working in FCERM can openly share ideas and experiences, ask questions, and continue to develop conversations that began at face-to-face events.  Our Community Champions will have an important role in proposing discussion topics, encouraging debate and engagement, and in raising awareness of the on-line forum to others in the FCERM sector.  For more information on getting involved email c.morgan@hw.ac.uk

UKWRIP launch report:

The UK Water Partnership (UKWRIP) have launched a report that aims to promote a holistic approach to flood & drought management in the UK.   You can read the report Droughts and floods: towards a more holistic approach here, or download it from their website.

 

Events

FCERM.net October Webinar - Learning and Action Alliances to develop a Blue-Green vision for urban flood risk management

Date: Wednesday 28th October, 12.15pm

Title: Learning and Action Alliances to develop a Blue-Green vision for urban flood risk management, by Dr Emily Lawson

Participation: For more information or to find out hoe to participate use this link

 

Financing Action - Adapting to Climate Change

Date- 29 October 2015

Venue -  Radisson Blu Hotel, 301 Argyle Street , Glasgow, G2 8DL

1pm – 4pm, starting with lunch

This event will discuss the findings from a new report looking at how to improve access to alternative finance mechanisms and how to maximise the contribution of adaptation actions to the local economy. The report also sets out areas that need further research and where government interventions could remove barriers to finance.

Whilst the event will focus on financing adaptation action it will also be of relevance to those responsible for planning and financing projects with social and environmental objectives that are difficult to quantify or monetise.

 

Sniffer 2016 Flood Risk Management Conference

Title: Celebrating Scotland’s changing mindset to flood risk management

Date: 2-3 Feb 2016

Venue: tbc

Sniffer's annual Flood Risk Management Conference 2016 will gather experts and practitioners to look at where we are with delivering the Flood Risk Management Act.

Please save the date in your diary

Natural flood Management, Cardiff

Title: Natural flood Management

Date: October 14th, 2015

Venue: Cardiff

Dr Alex Nicholson and Dr Candice Constantine, of Arup provide examples of the multiple benefits of Natural Flood Management (NFM), and explains how they can be maximised through practical design.

Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum, Policy priorities for flood management in England - infrastructure, responsibilities and local strategies

Title:  Policy Priorities for Flood Management in England - infrastructure, responsibilities and local strategies

Date: November 3rd 2015

Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London SW1X 7DR

This conference will be a timely opportunity to assess the policy priorities for flood and coastal risk management in England. It follows the announcement of Government plans to invest £2.3 billion in flood defence projects up to 2021.

Publications

Blue-Green Cities Fact Sheets

The Blue Green Cities project team are now approaching the final stages of their research and they have turned their attention to sharing what they have learned with Flood Risk Management practitoners and communities through a variety of 'dissemination' tools.  One such tool that is proving effective is their Blue-Green Cities Factsheets, a series of concise information pamphlets that have been shared on their website, to be accessible to a wide audience.

Annual Assembly Presentations On-line

The FCERM.net Annual Assembly took place this summer, with the core theme of Dissemination and Impact.  Keynote presentations were delivered by Prof. Jim Hall of Oxford University and Dr. Christel Prudhomme of CEH Wallingford, alongside presentations from a number of other speakers from CREW, DEFRA and universities. The videos of the presentations are now available on the resources section on the FCERM.net.

Your News

We hope you have found our  October newsletter to be informative and useful.  If you have any news, events, successes or opportunities that you think would be of value to the community, drop an email titled 'NEWS' to c.morgan@hw.ac.uk .Be sure to include a title for your content and a high resolution image.

 

With thanks,

The FCERM.net Team