251105 CPP Climate Strategy MAKI ACPG
Argyll and Bute Council · 5 November 2025
Back to Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group — 5 November 2025 and its agenda
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Argyll & Bute Climate Action: November 2025 update • Priority areas within the CPP’s ability to control or influence: – Infrastructure [includes natural] – Policy Influence – Skills, Procurement and Supply Chain – Resilience/Carbon Literacy – Risk Assessment – Crosscutting/Other • Ongoing work on action plan, Climate Ready Region (extra SG funding), resilience/emergency planning “We make Argyll and Bute climate ready by acting together to understand and adapt to our changing climate” 1
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MAKI Area Community Resilience/Emergency planning • Project manager post extended to Jul 2026 incl support communities’ resilience planning: approx. 20 days per Area • This workstream to start in earnest Nov • Contacting pilot groups across A&B Areas – SK, Ardrishaig so far in MAKI 2 Contact: Andy Macpherson, ACT climate project manager andy@act-now.org.uk
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Findings so far: existing plans, engagement • Confusion over terminology. We mean emergency planning • Severe weather events and impacts getting worse irrespective of views on climate change • Lack of capacity in communities: many households and communities already overstretched • Response times in isolated areas • Who is “vulnerable” and how to protect privacy • Concerns over insurance/liability • Uncertainly over role of HSCP • Comms outages and perception of loss of copper landlines “people will die” • Where to find funding for equipment also kit choices, storage and training • Lots of good work but not always acknowledged • Local knowledge of key threats: not same in all areas • Most isolated areas often have strong skill sets and autonomy • Many areas have strong sense of community and understanding of particular needs • Lessons from covid and previous crises well embedded in some areas • Varying level of detail and ambition in plans but a little preparedness can go a long way • Scottish Govt recognition of importance of community resilience to an Argyll & Bute Climate Ready Region 3