Gairloch and Loch Ewe

Public Engagement and Procedural Justice

Ailsa Villegas, Sustainable Development Officer, The Highland Council

Highland Council Programme 2012-2015

The Council will support communities to be more resilient to climate change and extreme adverse weather events, by implementing the Council’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.

Project Aims

• Provide an understanding of weather events in Gairloch and Loch Ewe in the recent past;

• Assess current vulnerability to weather events; • Increase Highland Councils understanding of the

impacts of projected climate change on a rural community;

• Provide supporting data to enable the implementation of an Adaptation Strategy for Highland Council;

• Trial information and guidance for community groups; • Develop a toolkit for use by other communities;

Process

• Select a community1. Describing the Value at Stake2. Identifying Current Impacts3. Exploring Future Impacts4. Identifying Capacity for Change5. Building Resilience

Lessons Learned - Defining the area

Lessons Learned – Data Presentation

Lessons Learned – Vulnerability Assessments

Outcomes – Actions to Build Resilience

Public Consultation…..

What we could have done better