The global climate crisis has already resulted in a marked increase in extreme weather events in the UK in recent years, bringing significant challenges for national and local services across the country. Recent analysis carried out for the Climate Change Committee (CCC) suggests that ‘at least eight climate change risks may each have a cost of more than £1 billion a year by 2050’, with particular concerns around the impact of flooding on businesses and high temperatures on health and wellbeing. These risks have highlighted the critical role that effective resilience structures, partnership relationships and the coordination between agencies play in preparing for and recovering from increasingly dangerous and life-threatening weather events.

In December, the Government published the UK Government Resilience Framework: Implementation Update 2023, reiterating its commitment to the ‘whole-of-society’ approach to resilience, ensuring that individuals, businesses and local communities are empowered to prepare for and respond to emergencies. However, a new National Audit Office report: Government Resilience: Extreme Weather, also published in December, found that whilst improvements are being made to embed a ‘whole-of-society’ approach, more work urgently needs to be done to improve national preparedness for extreme weather events.

This timely online live conference provides a valuable opportunity for key partners from local authorities, emergency planning/civil contingencies, local resilience forums (LRFs), the police, health, fire and rescue services, private and third sectors and other key statutory agencies to understand and examine how a ‘whole-of-society’ approach can be central to delivering effective multi-agency resilience structures that are fit-for-purpose. The webinar will also examine the key finding and recommendations in the National Audit Office report, as well as the UK Government Resilience Framework: 2023 Implementation Update. This online conference offers an ideal platform to learn from innovative best practice and share ideas with fellow participants on how to identify gaps in existing measures, improve communication and information sharing and work to deliver more effective responses to the increasingly dangerous weather events that we will face.

Why Attend?

Resource - The UK Government Resilience Framework

News - 10th January 2023: New Approach to Sustainable Drainage Set to Reduce Flood Risk and Clean Up Rivers

News - 27 April 2023: UKHSA launches new Adverse Weather and Health Plan

Guidance - 16th May 2023: Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Fund

News - 1 June 2023: UKHSA launches new alerting system in collaboration with the Met Office

Guidance - 4 December 2023: The UK Government Resilience Framework: 2023 Implementation Update

Guidance - 6 December 2023: National Audit Office report - Government Resilience: Extreme Weather

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