Lead Lease have developed a five-stage Climate Change Adaptation Framework to make sure that climate change risks are considered across their development process.
Case study tag: Adaptation options
Housing association produces a risk register and adaptation plan to protect its stock
Gentoo used the UKCIP Adaptation Wizard to complete a high level climate risk assessment and adaptation options scoping exercise as the first step towards protecting their strategic and operational objectives.
Creating sustainable drainage in a new housing scheme
Sustainable drainage features were included in the design and construction of a small scale development of affordable housing in Cambridgeshire.
Flood resilience in a regeneration area provides a wetland nature park
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council worked with partners to provide greater flood protection, biodiversity and capacity for future climate change within the town.
Designing a climate-resilient school
Redevelopment of Redhill school in Worcestershire included a climate change impact assessment.
Managing and accepting coastal changes on farmland
A family farm and B&B business in a low lying coastal area is investigating breaching a sea wall to create new habitats and landscape, and enhancing the existing tourist business.
Adaptation planning for property services in a local authority
Oxfordshire County Council considered the risks to property stock from current weather, particularly summertime overheating.
Planting trees to cool an urban environment
The urban heat island effect may be more acutely felt in deprived areas – a Manchester-based project focused on urban greening to reduce these effects.
Low-cost measures increase resilience to flooding in a rural area
Following severe flooding in October 2008, Devon County Council invested in cost effective solutions to increase local resilience to future such events.
Surface water management in an industrial regeneration scheme
A Surface Water Management Plan has been drawn up for a regeneration area in Cornwall.