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Stakeholder engagement

Co-designing solutions and better ways of addressing environmental pressures is a key to success in our projects. We get people together to explore each other's perspectives and find common goals.Read more

Training and building capacity

Well informed decisions are better decisions. We help organisations and communities understand the challenges and opportunities they face and help them find shared solutions that deliver lasting improvements.Read more

Placemaking

We bring together institutions and community groups and intermediaries to create a vision for a climate ready place. Building on a shared vision helps set a clear goal and encourages the collaborative actions key to making lasting change.Read more

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Job: SNIFFER Flood Risk and Climate Engagement Coordinator

Sniffer is recruiting for a Flood Risk and Climate Engagement Coordinator to play a significant role in engaging with stakeholders in Scotland with responsibilities for Flood Risk Management, supporting knowledge exchange and designing and delivering an annual Flood Risk Management Conference in February 2019. The post holder will also contribute to Sniffer’s broader programme of activities on climate resilience and adaptation.

Community resilience and climate justice

Sniffer has been working with a number of organisations involved in research and practice, to draw together some key learning points in relation to community resilience in the context of climate change- we have developed a short summary note and welcome feedback.

Sustainable Scotland Network

Sniffer is working together with the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) to provide the secretariat service to the Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN) – Scotland’s largest network of public sector sustainability professionals.

Traction

Sniffer is working together with IIED to understand what constitutes climate adaptation competence and how this affects adaptation responses. Traction will explore and capture learning from adaptation progress in different countries, including: • What drives adaptation that has positive and just impacts across society? • What factors can accelerate adaptation? • What are the barriers to convening domestic adaptation competency?

Vacancies

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Flood Risk Management Conference 2018

The 2018 conference was held at the Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow from 5-6 February. A full conference summary report and all the presentations from the conference are now available to download. Thank to all those who contributed and attended for making another successful year.

Climate Ready Clyde

Sniffer is helping to increase the Glasgow City Region's resilience to climate impacts through the Climate Ready Clyde initiative. By bringing together key organisations to work in partnership on climate change adaptation, we are ensuring Scotland's biggest population centre is prepared for the challenges of future climate.