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Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Change in Gairloch and Loch Ewe

This project, led by Ailsa Villegas, Sustainable Development Officer for The Highland Council, focuses on building resilience within the communities of Gairloch and Loch Ewe against climate change and extreme weather. It aims to assess past weather events, evaluate current vulnerabilities, and understand projected climate impacts on these rural communities. Through public engagement and the development of a robust adaptation strategy, the project seeks to provide actionable data, create resources for community groups, and establish a toolkit for resilience that can be utilized by other communities.

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Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Change in Gairloch and Loch Ewe

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  1. Public Engagement and Procedural Justice Gairloch and Loch Ewe Ailsa Villegas, Sustainable Development Officer, The Highland Council

  2. Highland Council Programme 2012-2015 The Council will support communities to be more resilient to climate change and extreme adverse weather events, by implementing the Council’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.

  3. Project Aims • Provide an understanding of weather events in Gairloch and Loch Ewe in the recent past; • Assess current vulnerability to weather events; • Increase Highland Councils understanding of the impacts of projected climate change on a rural community; • Provide supporting data to enable the implementation of an Adaptation Strategy for Highland Council; • Trial information and guidance for community groups; • Develop a toolkit for use by other communities;

  4. Process • Select a community 1. Describing the Value at Stake 2. Identifying Current Impacts 3. Exploring Future Impacts 4. Identifying Capacity for Change 5. Building Resilience

  5. Lessons Learned - Defining the area

  6. Lessons Learned – Data Presentation

  7. Lessons Learned – Vulnerability Assessments

  8. Outcomes – Actions to Build Resilience

  9. Public Consultation…..

  10. What we could have done better

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