Welcome to Planning for Climate Change

Planning for Climate Change is a resource for local communities across the East Midlands (and beyond) to use to enable them to make informed decisions and have meaningful input into planning consultations, especially in relation to local, regional and national renewable energy, low carbon and adaptation agendas.

With the new government and the Big Society agenda, communities are hopefully going to be given the chance to get actively involved in shaping their local areas so that they can develop sustainably, and plan for climate change ensuring that places, people and their prosperity are all taken into account equally.

You can find your way around this site using the navigation bar at the top of the page, or the site map below.

About Us

This resource has been commissioned by Climate East Midlands (CEM) as part of the Department of Communities and Local Government Skills Programme. Climate East Midlands works with partners in the East Midlands to collaborate on the causes and consequences of climate change.

The Skills Programme is designed to support local authorities and communities to take action on renewable energy, carbon reduction and climate resilience, particularly through the planning system. More details about this can be found at www.climate-em.org.uk/projects/skills-programme.