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Theme 6: Environmental protection The distinct natural and historic environment and geography of Coventry and Warwickshire presents opportunities for sustainable economic development: • Provide attractive employment sites through the regeneration and development of existing urban/industrial brownfield land to highest environmental standards • To attract and retain a skilled, productive local workforce through the environmental protection and enhancement of villages and towns, and Coventry city, to create highly desirable places to live, work and play; • To develop the substantial economic potential of area’s tourism and leisure industry sector, complementing its cultural heritage with the natural beauty of its countryside. Warwickshire Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership Theme 6: Specific Actions Green/blue infrastructure and environmental protection projects including sustainable visitor economy and improvements for residents and workers Innovative technologies to support local public and private sector landowners in addressing environmental protection and enhancement issues (Theme 1 and Theme 3); Enhancing SME competitiveness and sustainability through the provision of targeted water resource efficiency advice and food processing technical support; A grant scheme and tailored advice service to enhance green infrastructure and soil protection to increase food production and promote local food supply chains; Supporting investment in supply and demand chain development in appropriate biomass for energy, high quality wood products, & woodland management Supporting SME investment in woodland and grassland management and food technology and production. Actions to move to other themes ? • • • Tailored business support activities (e.g. access to new markets, innovation support) to support the development of the environmental technologies business sector in the LEP area Address skills gaps in habitat management and creation techniques for wetland, woodland, and grassland to promote and support the development of supply and demand chains in food, biomass energy, the visitor economy and recreation; (Linked to theme 10) Develop apprenticeships schemes to meet needs of environmental industry following current pilots of small scale graduate programmes; (Linked to theme 10) Resource Efficiency • Improving the efficiency with which businesses and the wider community consume material resources Local Nature Partnership Strategic Vision • The natural and historic environment will be in a vibrant and healthy condition such that the economy, people and local communities derive significant benefits from the full range of goods and services that it provides and sustains. • Key decision-makers and influencers will engage in and champion the need to actively integrate enhancement of the natural environment with economic growth. • The loss of biodiversity in Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull will have been halted and reversed. Key habitats will have been restored, enhanced and connected at a landscape scale. • Local people will value and feel connected to their local environment. Warwickshire Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership Local Nature Partnership Strategic Key Themes 1. Improving quality of life, maximising benefits for society of quality environment. 2. Restoring biodiversity: Landscape scale environmental enhancement 3. Water quality improvement and sustainable water management Warwickshire Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership Points to discuss • identify anything fundamental that is missing • anything which people think are lower priority. Warwickshire Coventry and Solihull Local Nature Partnership Opportunity map for Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Current priority areas include: Tame Valley Wetlands LandscapeColeshill to Tamworth Princethorpe Woodlands Living Landscape Avon Valley floodplain Farmland – HLS/ELS/ Farmland bird areas Feldon Lias grasslands Rugby Green Spaces network Coventry and Nuneaton Urban green spaces Arden- Earlswood cluster area Theme 5: Climate Change Adaptation This presentation will briefly consider the following questions. • What are the potential impacts of climate change in Coventry and Warwickshire? • How do we best enable economic growth given these impacts? • How do we best enable sustainable economic futures for communities at risk? • What specific actions are we proposing? What are the potential impacts of climate change in Coventry and Warwickshire? In the UK increased flood risk poses the most significant and specific climate change challenge to the UK economy. Business down-time. Many existing businesses across Coventry and Warwickshire are unable to operate during floods and during the recovery period. Large insurance premiums. Affects up to one in seven existing businesses in the sub-region. Barrier to development. A number of developments in Warwickshire have stalled in recent months. Impacts outside Coventry and Warwickshire. Due to its central location. Impacts on employees. Coventry and Warwickshire’s greatest asset is its people. Many of the people employed, or potentially employed, are at risk of their homes flooding (around 1 in 10 in Warwickshire). How do we best enable economic growth? Partnership flood alleviation schemes In Warwickshire, over the next 7 years the schemes planned by Warwickshire County Council will bring £7.2 million in economic benefits (not including intangible benefits) from a contribution of £200k per annum from the ERDF. Encouraging development which is informed by flood risk Enables existing companies to expand Maximise economic opportunities from development opportunities (eg. waterside locations) Intangible benefits (including agriculture) SuDS guidance Research needed. Brimscombe Port – existing and proposed. How do we best enable sustainable economic futures for communities at risk? Defra Community Flood Resilience Pathfinder Project. Working with communities to help them become more resilient to flooding. Reaping the benefits across Coventry and Warwickshire. Relatively small amounts of funding can go a long way. What specific actions are we proposing? Enabling economic growth • • • Contributing towards flood alleviation schemes as match funding to allow over £7 million in economic benefits to Coventry and Warwickshire. Contributing towards flood compatible development where other economic considerations outweigh flood risk alone, allowing the most economically advantageous developments to go ahead, with associated benefits in growth and employment opportunities. Research into the most effective design criteria for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in the region to assist in proposed developments going ahead. Delivering sustainable economic futures for communities at risk • Multiplying the benefits from the Defrafunded Community Flood Resilience Pathfinder project currently ongoing in Warwickshire, by using lessons learned from this project to go towards costeffective ways in which communities across Coventry and Warwickshire can help themselves to reduce their flood risk. Questions / Discussion