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Planit4CAST (Climate Change) learning simulation
Local authorities and their partners have a vital role in the UK’s response to the
threat from Climate change:
- Adaptation - Helping their local community to become resilient.
- Mitigation - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their own operations, services
and the community.
Planit4CAST learning simulation models the life of a virtual community with eight
teams, representing key partners in the community such as Transport, Utilities, Town
Hall, Housing, Health, Education and Emergency Services etc. The partnership needs
to implement the key climate change indicators over a 20 year time frame.
Implementing both mitigation and adaptation strategies and considering economic,
social and environmental factors, delegates have to work together to solve problems,
understand cause & effect, and develop win-win solutions.
Benefits of the approach:
- The exercises will involve total audience engagement and participation.
- Joined up thinking and understanding of cause and effect.
- Creating dialogue, building relationships.
- Improved relationships between key decision makers.
- Encourage collaborative working around climate change.
Applications/Outcomes:
- Climate Change Leadership Programmes.
- Climate Change Partnership programmes.
- Designing and implementing Climate Change adaptation strategies.
- Designing and implementing Climate Change mitigation/carbon reduction strategies.
Audience
- Senior decision makers in Local Councils – Chief Executives, Leaders, Director and
Cabinet Members.
- Other Local Council Members and Officers.
- Public sector partnerships.
- Communities wanting to get involved with Renewable Feed-in Tariffs.
- Schools, colleges and universities.
