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SNIFFER is changing...

As we move into a new year, SNIFFER is marking the changes by refreshing its branding and repositioning its offering. We will have a fully refreshed website established in early 2012 that will reflect our new brand and provide information on the revised position SNIFFER is occupying. In the meantime, please visit our “holding” website at:

www.sniffer2.org.uk

in order to find out more about our new approach and image. You can also keep up to date on these changes by registering to receive our e-bulletin or following us on Twitter, details of which are available on the sniffer2 website.

SNIFFER Flood Risk Management Conference 2012

The 2012 conference at the Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh on 8th and 9th February 2012 is now sold out. For information about the event and how to be added to the waiting list, please follow this link.

For the full Flood Risk Management Conference 2012 programme click here

SNIFFER’s work on Good Places Better Health

SNIFFER is pleased to announce the publication of the Mapping Study prepared for the ‘Practice, What Works?’ strand of the Scottish government’s Good Places, Better Health Project. The study aims to map out the various types of practice focusing on the physical environment that have been applied in Scotland, in an attempt to positively influence the four childhood health outcomes addressed by the GPBH project.

The report can be downloaded here

More downloadable reports can be found on the Scottish Government’s website here

Read more about SNIFFER's work with GPBH here

Adaptation Scotland - a new name to tackle the impacts of climate change

To mark a new phase in its work encouraging people to tackle the impacts resulting from our changing climate, Scotland’s leading climate change adaptation initiative has changed its name to Adaptation Scotland.

Formerly known as the Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SCCIP), the initiative has chosen a new title to ensure that organisations and communities across Scotland are fully aware of the work it is undertaking to encourage greater resilience to climate change-related issues.

Julian Holbrook, Programme Co-ordinator for Adaptation Scotland, said: “Our name change reflects the fact that the initiative’s focus is increasingly moving from identifying how climate change might impact Scotland, to building capacity within organisations and communities to better deal with these impacts.

“Over the next 18 months, Adaptation Scotland will be working with all sectors to address the risks and opportunities climate change presents. We will provide advice and support aimed at developing knowledge and best practice to increase climate change resilience, ensuring people are better equipped to deal with issues such as more extreme weather and increased risk of flooding".

Further information on the rebranding of SCCIP to Adaptation Scotland can be found here.