Climate Change Adaptation: It’s in our Nature – 23/5/23

Speakers

– Julian Woolford, Chief Executive, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (event Chair)
– Jim Davies, Senior Advisor (Local Nature Recovery Strategies), Environment Agency
– Emma Forde, Senior Researcher, Economic Intelligence Unit
– Simon Needle, Strategic Lead – Urban Forestry & Nature, Birmingham City Council
– Dave Cadman, Head of Nature Recovery Networks, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
– Sophie Spencer, Senior Environment Manager – Nature Recovery, West of England Combined Authority
– Matthew Lawrence, Environment Programme Manager, Environment Agency

Event

This event, convened by SWM in partnership with the Environment Agency, showcased what good looks like in terms of projects and regeneration activities that have put nature-based solutions at their heart, improving resilience to climate change while also enhancing biodiversity, boosting the local economy and contributing to health and wellbeing outcomes.

The event included a series of presentations reflecting projects that have achieved the above and there was then a site visit of the area in Stoke which has benefitted from investment via the SUNRISE project to show what such activity looks like in practice.

The event was attended by a range of organisations from across England who were interested or involved in similar projects, including local authorities, third sector organisations and universities that cover a variety of sectors including environment, biodiversity, planning, health and economic growth.