5 250506 CPP Climate Strategy Bute Cowal ACPG
Argyll and Bute Council · 6 May 2025
Back to Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group — 6 May 2025 and its agenda
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Update to Cowal & Bute Area Community Planning Group May 2025 1
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Outline • Recap: Remit, Progress, last ACPG (Feb) • Priority Areas for Action • Action Plan • Community Resilience • Legacy • Timeline/Next Steps 2
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Recap - Remit A Community Planning Partnership initiative to develop a Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan for Argyll & Bute in support of the vision that We make Argyll and Bute climate ready by acting together to understand and adapt to our changing climate • Mitigationto reduce our greenhouse gas emissions: climate friendly • Adaptationto unavoidable impacts of climate change: climate ready • Engagement to ensure inclusion: climate just emphasising action across a set of priority areas within the CPP’s ability to control or influence as “the group of organisations and community representatives working together to achieve improvements across Argyll and Bute in ways which promote prevention, reduce inequalities and build community capacity.” 3
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Recap - Progress In December 2024 the CPP Management Committee approved the draft strategy subject to further feedback. The CPP also approved diverting some project resources from travel and equipment to risk assessment Feedback has been principally: • Clearer linkage with the CPP Outcomes • Ensure reference to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure • Two of the Priority Areas for Action, namely Skills and Procurement/Supply Chain brought together • More on community level impacts and opportunities • Strong emphasis from community groups, ACPGs on community resilience 4
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Recap - last ACPG (Feb) • Requested any further feedback and comments on the draft strategy – More on community level impacts and opportunities – Strong emphasis from community groups and other ACPGs on community resilience • Requested recommendations for best groups at Area level to inform development of the Action Plan and pilot projects – InspirAlba Resilience Learning Exchange at Glendaruel – Bute Resilience Team – Some places lack community councils – Any more recommendations welcome Andy Macpherson andy@act-now.org.uk 5
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CPP Mgt Committee Apr • Strategy and outline action plan approved, 6 Priority Areas – Infrastructure [includes natural infrastructure] – Policy Influence – Skills, Procurement and Supply Chain – Resilience/Carbon Literacy – Risk Assessment – Crosscutting/Other • Action Plan under development is structured around these six priority areas • Agreed Resilience foremost • Views on legacy proposals 6
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Action Plan Examples of actions included to date span: • actions from existing plans across the CPP where collective action can enhance delivery • suggestions from stakeholder meetings including Area CPG/CCs and local groups • asks to central government with long lead in times • quick or low cost wins, especially around community resilience and risk assessment 7
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Legacy Request from CPP Management Committee for 6 June: • options to use any unspent project budget for community level risk assessments and resilience work beyond current funded period (end Oct 2025) • outline proposal for taking forward actions, in anticipation of eg successor to Lottery Climate Action Fund for formal partnerships, working across sectors, c£0.5-£1.5m over 3-5 years – what future financial contribution from CPP partners 8
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Timeline/Next Steps 9
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Requests to the CPP • Any more recommendations for best groups at Area level to inform development of the Action Plan • Views on appetite for legacy proposals Andy Macpherson andy@act-now.org.uk 10