ClimateXChange has published a report prepared by CEP and partners measuring recovery from extreme weather events.
ClimateXChange has published the report ‘Measuring recovery from extreme weather events’ which was prepared by CEP and the University of Strathclyde.
This research built on CEP’s work on flood resilience and investigated international approaches to assessing recovery from extreme weather events, the data sources they use and their applicability to Scotland. The aim was to develop a common understanding of climate resilience and the critical components in planning for local and national recovery from extreme weather.
The report identifies monitoring frameworks used internationally which could be relevant to Scotland and evaluates the extent to which they would work with the approaches set out in Scotland’s National Performance Framework and the Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (SCCAP).
Based on international experience, the building blocks for developing a system for monitoring recovery from extreme weather events in Scotland are:
Framing recovery within a set of wider social goals such as wellbeing or resilience.
An approach that establishes the different areas or recovery that need to be considered and the role the community will play in deciding the system to be used.
A set of indicators of recovery.
Joined-up data across different scales (national, regional/local and community) with a focus on process and outcomes.
Relevance of the spatial scale at which data is collected and the timing and frequency of collection to the indicator.
Drawing on existing information.
For more information, please contact the Project Director, Paula Orr (Technical Director).