Dorset Communities Living Sustainably
Monitoring & Evaluation: Climate Change Adaptation Strand
1.
Overall aim:
To improve the resilience of vulnerable communities and industries in Dorset to the future
challenges posed by climate change.
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3.
Specific aims:
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To increase awareness around the potential impact of climate change within vulnerable
communities and the local fishing and farming industries.
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To increase understanding of possible options for action to minimise and/ or avoid the
impact of climate change within vulnerable communities and the local fishing and
farming industries.
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To increase the number of climate change adaptations being implemented within
vulnerable communities and the local fishing and farming industries.
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To increase cooperative working between local agencies and organisations around
climate change adaptations.
Objectives:
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To provide training on climate change and group facilitation
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To run scenario planning workshops.
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To disseminate written information on the impact of climate change and
possible adaptations.
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To present information on the impact of climate change and possible
adaptations at events and conferences.
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To involve volunteers in climate change adaptation activities
This strand of work contributes to the following CLS outcomes:
Outcome 1:
Communities better understand the impacts of climate change on their local area and know how
to live more sustainably.
Outcome 5:
Groups and organisations work better together, providing a consistent message about
sustainability and demonstrating strong local leadership.
Outcome 6:
Vulnerable communities and the organisations that support them are better able to understand
and adapt to the impact of climate change.
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How will we know if our objectives have been met?
Objective 1: To provide training on climate change and group facilitation.
Output
Training events
Output indicator
Number and topic of sessions
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Record attendee sign in details
At events
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Record attendee sign in details
At events
Number of individual attendees
Profile of attendees (gender, area,
industry etc)
Objective 2: To run scenario planning workshops.
Output
Workshops
Output indicator
Number and topic of workshop
Number of individual attendees
Profile of attendees (gender, area,
industry etc)
Objective 3: To disseminate written information on the impact of climate change and possible adaptations.
Output
Reports
Output indicator
Number and topic of reports
How many distributed, and to
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Information collection methods
When and by whom
Record in spreadsheet
After publication and distribution
whom
Articles
Number and topic of articles
published
Record in spreadsheet
After publication and distribution
Where published
How many distributed, and to
whom
Objective 4: To present information on the impact of climate change and possible adaptations at events and conferences.
Output
Presentations
Output indicator
Number and topic of presentations
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Record in spreadsheet
After activity
Profile of conference and attendees
(number, sector, location etc)
Objective 5: To involve volunteers in climate change adaptation activities
Output
Volunteer opportunities
in climate change
adaptation activities
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Output indicator
Number of people who volunteer
for project activities
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Record in spreadsheet
After activity
How will we know if our specific aims have been met?
Aim 1: To increase awareness around the potential impact of climate change within vulnerable communities and the local fishing and farming industries.
Outcome
Improved awareness of
the potential impact of
climate change
(applies to members of
vulnerable communities/
local fishing and farming
industries)
Outcome indicator
Number and type of possible
impacts on the community that
people can name (vulnerable
communities)
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Collected during workshop and collated
in workshop reports
After event
Number and type of possible
impacts on their business that
people can name (fishing and
farming industries)
Level of understanding of the
potential impact of climate
change on their community/
industry (self-reported)
Aim 2: To increase understanding of possible options for action to minimise and/ or avoid the impact of climate change within vulnerable communities and the local fishing and
farming industries.
Outcome
Outcome indicator
Improved understanding
of possible options for
action
Number and type of appropriate
adaptive measures that people
can identify
(applies to members of
vulnerable communities/
local fishing and farming
industries)
Level of understanding of
possible adaptive measures (selfreported)
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Likelihood of implementing any
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Collected during workshop and collated
in report after workshop
After event
Evaluation postcard
By attendee at event
adaptive measure within next 12
weeks
Aim 3: To increase the number of climate change adaptations being implemented within vulnerable communities and the local fishing and farming industries.
Outcome
Outcome indicator
Increased number of
adaptive measures being
implemented
Number and type of adaptive
measures that have been/ are
currently being implemented
(applies to members of
vulnerable communities/
local fishing and farming
industries)
Number and type of adaptive
measures planned/ in the pipeline
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Collate in community adaptation action
plan
RL
Evaluation postcard
By attendee at event
(N.B. important to collect
information on why adaptive
measures are/ are not being
implemented.)
Aim 4: To increase cooperative working between local agencies and organisations around climate change adaptations.
Outcome
Increased cooperative
working around climate
change adaptations
(applies to members of
vulnerable communities/
local fishing and farming
industries)
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Outcome indicator
Number and type of adaptations
being implemented cooperatively
How often organisations make
contact to discuss adaptive
measures (potential or ongoing)
Information collection methods
When and by whom
Interviews with participants 12 weeks
after scenario planning process
RL