22 Feb 2024
Weathering the Storm for Agriculture
This is a practical guide designed to help farmers and land managers become more resilient to extreme weather, better adapted to the changing climate and more attuned to potential new business opportunities that may arise from a warming world
Our Reports & Guides
13 Dec 2023
Adapt to Survive
A toolkit and suite of resources to help NHS Trusts, ICBs or ICSs kick-start or further develop their work on climate change risks, impacts and adaptation actions.
Our Reports & Guides
19 Sep 2023
Adapt to Survive: Adapting the NHS to Climate Change – 12/9/23
This event, which was attended by 78 individuals from a range of NHS Trusts, ICBs and ICSs from across the UK, looked at climate change risks, and their likely impacts, in more detail, discovered why Trusts urgently need to adapt to these risks, what this looks like in practice, and what we’re doing to help them.
Our Events & Presentations
14 Feb 2023
West Midlands Climate Change Adaptation resources – dissemination webinar – 9/2/23
This event promoted a range of resources published recently by SWM and the Environment Agency focusing on climate change adaptation.
Our Events & Presentations
6 Dec 2022
Climate change adaptation: practical examples for local authorities
This document provides a suite of case studies that demonstrate practical action that local authorities have taken across England that focus, at least in part, on delivering climate change adaptation outcomes.
Our Reports & Guides
5 Dec 2022
Weathering the Storm
This guide has been produced for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the West Midlands. It will help you to understand how you could be affected by weather, including extreme events, and how you can improve your chances of a quick recovery.
Our Reports & Guides
17 Nov 2022
Climate change adaptation: practical examples for local authorities – 03/11/22
This event provided a selection of examples of climate change adaptation action that is being led or influenced by local authorities. Councils from across England spoke about different projects that demonstrate what adaptation looks like in practice, and how working in partnership, utilisation of funding and integration with other council priorities can help get projects off the ground despite these logistical constraints.
Our Events & Presentations
29 Mar 2022
Innovative Health and Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group joint meeting – 29/3/22
Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group (IZCWG). This meeting focused on health.
Our Events & Presentations
21 Oct 2021
Sustainability: Where to start? – 14/10/21
This interactive webinar was for organisations/projects starting out on their sustainability journey and those who have started to take action and are continuing to develop their strategy and activity.
Our Events & Presentations
21 Oct 2021
SWM Newsletter October 2021 – Your guide to Greenwashing
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30 Sep 2021
SWM Newsletter September 2021 – Spotlight on Members
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29 Sep 2021
Late Summer Social -13/9/21
Sustainability West Midlands run an annual networking event exclusively for our members to understand more about each other and discover ways in which they can collaborate.
Our Events & Presentations
31 Aug 2021
SWM Newsletter August 2021 – Responding to the IPCC Report
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12 Aug 2021
SWM Newsletter July 2021 – Innovation Strategy sets out key role of R&D in tackling climate change
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20 Jul 2021
CarbonTRACK – Decarbonisation Pathfinder Project
Lead Organisation CarbonTRACK are SW members with a bold vision – to help enable a world where energy is consumed…
External Case Studies
1 Jul 2021
SWM Newsletter June 2021 – The risks of Climate Change to the UK
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27 May 2021
SWM Newsletter May 2021 – What if there were no materials to make things?
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29 Apr 2021
SWM News April 2021 – Reflections from our new Project Officer
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30 Mar 2021
SWM News March 2021 – Make your Pledge to Net Zero
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25 Feb 2021
SWM News February 2021 – Reflections on Midlands Low Carbon Sector Final Engagement Conference
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28 Jan 2021
SWM News January 2021 – Spotlight on Membership
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17 Dec 2020
SWM News December 2020 – Reflections on our Annual Conference
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16 Dec 2020
Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 15/12/20
Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG)
Our Events & Presentations
30 Nov 2020
SWM News November 2020 – The potential for the Low Carbon Sector
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