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Thank you for subscribing to this newsletter. This is a place for us to update you on what we are doing at South Hams District Council and what things are going on around the district.
It will tell you what's going on nationally and things you, our residents and businesses can be doing to reduce your carbon footprint and manage your land to improve the environment and its biodiversity.
If you have anything you would like to include in this newsletter, contact our Climate Change Specialist by email here.
Council Updates
Devon Carbon Plan Endorsement
The Devon Carbon Plan is the roadmap for how Devon will reach net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. It has been created following long-term, ongoing assessments of Devon’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The plan outlines actions for how each sector of the county’s economy and infrastructure can reach net-zero.
At its Executive meeting on 1 December, South Hams Councillors endorsed the plan and has recommended to Full Council that its own Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, which predates the publication of the Devon Carbon Plan, be revised to ensure it contributes to delivering the Devon Carbon Plan.
You can read more here. Find out more about the Devon Carbon Plan on the Devon Climate Emergency website.
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Devon Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy Public Consultation
Devon County Council is still holding a public consultation to collect the views of the public, local businesses, and wider stakeholders on the Devon Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy.
The consultation will be open untilll 16 December 2022.
How to take part
Questionnaire Complete the consultation questionnaire on the consultation webpage.
To complete the questionnaire or register for a webinar, please visit the consultation webpage from 9 November at devon.cc/ev-strategy-consultation or contact them using the details below.
Email: transportplanning@devon.gov.uk
Write to: Transport Planning, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD.
Phone: 0345 155 1004
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Events and Webinars
Grantham Institute 2022 Annual Lecture: The ever-growing climate movement - Creating & shaping climate change narratives through culture, creativity & innovation
On 23 November, the Grantham Institute held its annual lecture.
The event began with a keynote speech from Brian Eno, a highly influential musician, producer, visual artist and activist. As a co-founder of EarthPercent, he is reforming the music industry’s action towards climate change.
It was followed by a panel discussion that included other artists and creators of culture. The panel discussed how culture can shape collective mobilisation, individual behaviour change and action in tackling climate change in our modern world.
To watch the lecture on YouTube, click here.
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SSH Community Group Leaders' Monthly Gathering. Wednesday 14 December 10.30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
This event is a chance to collaborate over exciting new projects in the South Hams, and share experiences and inspiration.
SSH is here to help you develop ideas, find partners and give you the support you need to make a difference in your community.
This free event takes place at Heron Valley Cafe, Loddiswell, TQ7 4EA.
Click here for more information.
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#InTheLoop Grant Fund - Deadline 15 December
Hubbub has launched the #InTheLoop grant fund to provide grants to four new projects that boost the opportunity to recycle in public spaces near to waterways. This could be a coastline, river, canal or wetland.
The funding is for ambitious, large-scale projects that will transform recycling in these spaces. The projects must include the collection of plastic bottles and cans, and could also include the collection of glass and coffee cups.
Each successful project will receive a £25,000 grant to invest in and boost recycling facilities. Projects will also get ongoing support from Hubbub, based on their expertise and experience in delivering recycling campaigns.
The fund is open to any organisation. It is anticipated that the majority of applications will be from local authorities, business improvement districts, shopping centres, major property owners and transport hubs.
Application deadline: 15 December 2022
Find out more about the fund: #InTheLoop Grant Fund
Climate Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund is inviting applications for the Climate Action Fund, which aims to support people and communities to work together to address climate change.
The Climate Action Fund is a ten-year programme with a total budget of £100million.
The funding is for community-led partnerships, led by voluntary or community organisations, charities, schools or not-for-profit companies. It is expected to support a mix of different places, communities, themes and initiatives across the UK.
The fund is now open for funding applications for projects that:
- show how creating a deeper connection with nature will lead to changing people’s behaviours and have greater care for the environment.
- show how by bringing nature back into the places we live and work, we can help communities to reduce or adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Projects can apply for up to £1.5million, for a period of two to five years. Most of the funding is expected to go to projects that request between £300,000 and £500,000.
If your project idea is still in development, you may request a grant from £50,000 up to £150,000 for a period of 12 to 18 months.
Focus of fund / the fund aims: Projects that use nature to encourage more community-led climate action and bring other important social and economic benefits.
Application deadline: Applications may be submitted at any time.
Find out how to apply and more: National Lottery Climate Action Fund
Community Garden Awards – The National Garden Scheme
This scheme provides grants of £500 to £5,000 for the creation of a garden or a similar project with a horticultural focus (such as an allotment) for the benefit of the local community.
Community groups, either a charity or Community Interest Company (CIC), can apply. Each application must itemise the details of the costs they are planning to cover.
Eligible costs could include site preparation (including hire of small mechanical tools such as rotavators), hand tools, plants, trees, shrubs, containers and seating.
Applications will be accepted until 31 January 2023.
Community Garden Grants - National Garden Scheme (ngs.org.uk)
Sources of funding for tree planting in Devon
As of publishing this newsletter, there are over 20 different sources of funding for tree planting in Devon.
The Devon Local Nature Partnership manage a great list of funding sources.
 You may be aware of the climate stripes which were created by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018 - they are featured in the header of this newsletters.
The stripes were hugely successful in communicating the impacts on climate change from a warming perspective. The series of vertical coloured bars show the heating of the planet over 200 years.
Climate change is often given much more coverage than the biodiversity crisis. While they are inextricably linked, the impacts a changing climate has on biodiversity is often disconnected in the public's view.
The WWF has published the Living Planet Report, which tells us that species loss has seen an average drop of 68% since 1970. The report includes the Living Planet Index. The global data includes over 20,000 populations of over 4,000 species.
Professor Miles Richardson has used this data to produce a impactful graphic in a similar vein to the Climate Stripes.
To read more about his process and different versions of the image, click here.
Imperial College London researchers are partnering with the Vodafone Foundation to use the computing power of millions of smartphones to crunch data about cyclones.
Tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, affect millions of people and cost billions of dollars in damage yearly. Their destructive power is increasing due to climate change, as the most damaging storms become more frequent.
The Vodafone Foundation’s DreamLab app will help researchers in the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment at Imperial run thousands of models of cyclones across the world to improve cyclone predictions.
Read more by clicking here.
Image Credit: Vlad Sokhin / Climate Visuals
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Climate change is accelerating sea-level rise. Current predictions see this to exceed a metre by 2100 unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.
Anticipating future coastal erosion has largely focused on soft, erodible coastlines and have until recently neglected rock coasts.
Some new research published in Nature Communications show that rates of cliff retreat will increase by up to an order of magnitude by 2100, revealing historically stable rock coasts are just as sensitive to sea-level rise and should be included in future planning for global climate change response.
The study modelling methodology used two sites in the United Kingdom, at Bideford (North Devon) and Scalby (Yorkshire)
To read the open access article in more depth, click here.
Image credit: Moniruzzaman Sazal / Climate Visuals Countdown
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Why is there image credit in this edition?
All too often, the climate change imagery we see is ineffective at driving change – it may be aesthetically pleasing and illustrative but not salient or emotionally impactful. In an effort to combat this, we will be using imagery from Climate Visuals where appropriate.
Climate Visuals, is a project by Climate Outreach, they have run major projects on visualising climate change, representing indigenous people in images, and promoting diversity in outdoor photography. Climate Visuals images were prominently displayed at COP26 in Glasgow.
All images available on the Climate Visuals website are captioned with an explanation of how they fit with the seven Climate Visuals principles, and why they work. Each image is linked to its original source and many are available to license from third party sites or download for free under Creative Commons licenses for use in non-profit blogs and articles such as this.
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