Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities - Report and Findings

The Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities Project (SBCRC) used action research to improve understanding and approaches to building climate resilience in Scotland. 

Who was involved?

The Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities (SBCRC) project was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, through their climate change and communities programme. It was primarily led by the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience at the University of Dundee and the Scottish Borders Council, in collaboration with the Tweed Forum, Southern Uplands Partnership; International Futures Forum; Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS). The project worked with three communities in the Scottish Borders: Peebles, Hawick and Newcastleton through a participatory process.

Findings

The findings highlight the need for much greater holistic approaches to community resilience to both address the integrated challenges but also to identify key opportunities that emerge from a more integrated and synergistic approach to the challenges facing communities.

Full report

• Summary Report Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities Project
• Main Report Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities Project

Working papers

Two in-depth working papers provide additional details of the process and outcomes from the project:

• SBCRC Working Paper 1 Community resilience to climate change and disadvantage
• SBCRC Working Paper 2 Process and outcomes

Reports from community workshops

• SBCRC Hawick Workshop 1 Report
• SBCRC Hawick Workshop 2 Report‌
• SBCRC Newcastleton Workshop 1 Report‌
• SBCRC Newcastleton Workshop 2 Report‌
• SBCRC Newcastleton Workshop 3 Report‌
• SBCRC Peebles Workshop 1 Report‌
• SBCRC Peebles Workshop 2 Report‌
• SBCRC Peebles Workshop 3 Report‌

Key Contacts

Ioan Fazey, Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Email: [email protected]; Tel: +44 (0)1382 386651

Jim Fraser, Emergency Planning Officer, Scottish Borders Council, [email protected]; Tel: 01835 825056

Jennifer Rao-Williams, Project Evaluator, Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Email [email protected] 

Esther Carmen, Project Officer, Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee, DD1 4HN. Email: [email protected]