About the Programme

The purpose of the programme was to help identify solutions to the challenges that climate change brings in delivering public sector services. Our team of experts outlined the challenges our current and future generations face, together with other issues such as an ageing population, increased prevalence of chronic diseases, limited resources, financial constraints, increasing public and professional expectations and how this will impact on the service delivery of Local Authorities.

The programme helped participants develop strategic responses to these challenges based on the best available evidence and the different policy contexts in which participants work.

Participants were given the support and practical tools needed to implement climate change solutions, including the Climate Compatible Efficiency Toolkit, a framework that can help build carbon reduction and wider climate change measures into mainstream cost reduction and efficiency programmes.

Overview Programme

Download the programme from the 2011–2012 course.

The overall objective of the programme was to:

• provide Local Authority decision-makers in the East of England with the inspiration, support and practical tools to implement climate change solutions in today’s challenging financial context.
  

The broad outcomes of the programme were to:

• allow participants to explore and share their understanding of the latest research, policy changes and case studies on climate change and adaptation in the public sector;
• hear leading-edge case studies from the public and corporate sectors; 
• understand how sustainability can be embedded into service planning and delivery;
• explore the benefits of practical tools, including the Climate Compatible Efficiency Toolkit.