UUCN and EAUC webinar: Assessing climate risk and strengthening resilience for UK HE & FE

UUCN and EAUC webinar: Assessing climate risk and strengthening resilience for UK Higher & Further Education Institutes

Context
In early March 2023, the UK Universities Climate Network (UUCN) released the most recent working paper and case studies in their net zero universities series focused on assessing climate risk and strengthening resilience for UK Higher & Further Education Institutions.

Authored by 19 experts from 13 UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the working paper aims to support UK HE & FE Institutions to develop processes to assess their current and future climate risks, put in place plans to adapt to these risks, and identify opportunities to strengthen their resilience. The guidance is intended to support decision makers, senior leaders, sustainability practitioners and risk experts within HE & FE and identifies specific actions for key actors and communities. Although the focus is on HEIs, the recommendations and approaches covered are applicable to Further Education Institutions.

Join this UUCN and EAUC webinar to hear from authors of the working paper and case studies who will summarise key messages from the paper and reflect on learning from their own institutional journeys to a resilient net zero transition.

Objectives

• To highlight the launch of the UUCN’s working paper of climate risk and resilience for UK HE & FE
• Summarise the key messages and suggestion actions for key actors within UK HE and FE institutions to support risk assessment and resilience building
• To provide an opportunity to learn from UK HE & FE through case studies

Key Audiences

• EAUC and UUCN members
• Academics, sustainability practitioners, risk registry owners and other staff involved in supporting UK HE and FE resilient net zero transitions

Format

• Short presentation summarising the key messages and suggested actions from the paper
• Short introductions from panel members
• Panel Q&A

Speakers

• Professor Rob Wilby, lead working paper and case study author and Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling at Loughborough University
• Dr Stephen Blenkinsop, working paper and case study author and Principle Research Associate in Climate and Climate Change at Newcastle University
• Dr Rachel Harcourt, working paper author and Research Fellow on the UKRI UK Climate Resilience programme at University of Leeds
• Dr Esra Kurul, working paper and case study author and Reader in Organisational Studies in the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University
• Becky Shepherd, working paper and case study author and Environment Coordinator at Cranfield University
• Dr Roddy Yarr, working paper and case study author and Executive Lead Sustainability at University of Strathclyde

Chair: Fiona Goodwin, Deputy CEO, EAUC

You can view the Webinar recording below: