Climate Change Adaptation Workshop

Our greatest risks and how we identified them in the project: Highways and Transport  

The Workshop Aims:- To increase understanding of Climate Change risks, the risk management process and the adaptation actions required for Highways & Transportation- To have worked through the process to reach a detailed risk assessment and management plan for the most significant risks.

LCLIP and Case StudiesCWAC Risk Assessment MethodologyWorkshop 1 – Identifying & Quantifying the RisksWorkshop 2 – Assessing Existing Risk Management PlansWorkshop 3 – Identifying Risk Management Options

Scoring• Two scores

Current - where you are now (with existing controls)

Target - where you will be (with proposed actions)

• Risk Score = Likelihood x ImpactLikelihood of occurrence

happening Impact if it does occur

• Scores are 1(low) to 4 (high)

• It is the relative scores that are important not the absolute

LIKELIHOOD

Very Likely

Likely

Unlikely

Very Unlikely

Minor Significant Serious Major

IMPACT

Prioritising Risks

Impact HIGHLOW

Non threatening

Housekeeping

These risks have a high likelihood of happening do lower impact; they require routine management

Likelihood

Primary

These risks have high impact and likelihood; these will require primary attention

Contingency

These risks have high impact but lower likelihood; they are catastrophic events

Identifying the Risks: -Deterioration of Highways Assets:

roads bridges etc. -Risk from maintenance: lack of and increasing need, inspections-Impact from weather events, especially interacting events-Increased accidents etc-Related consequences: Ground shrinkage, subsidence: landslides etc caused by drought and lower water tables

More Risks: Knowledge

• Knowledge of vulnerabilities, internally and externally

• Incomplete assets understanding

• Flood mapping data• Surface Water Management

Plans • Information held by United

Utilities, Env Agency, Emergency Services etc.

Long Term Risks

• Local Development Plan: future development: industry, housing, critical infrastructure etc.

• Local Transport Plan 3 • Existing Areas at risk: major sites

Sealand Road Industrial/ Retail• Over 1,700 businesses in

Cheshire & Warrington are at risk of 1:100 year flooding

Next Steps

• Report to Director– Action plan– Ownership/ responsibilities

• Member engagement– Risk Management session– Presentation to groups– Budget implications