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The RAN is part of WM-Adapt a UKRI - funded research project that is being led by the University of Birmingham. and the WMCA. Find out more here.
Welcome to the West Midlands Regional Adaptation Network (RAN) information page, here to provide you with further insights into climate adaptation action and collaboration happening across the region.
Browse the meeting materials and recordings from previous RAN meetings, share your feedback on previous sessions and share your ideas/requests for future agendas.
If there is anything you would like help with and you can't find what you're looking for please get in touch and a member of the RAN team will be able to help – environment@wmca.org.uk.
What is the RAN?
The Regional Adaptation Network (RAN) exists to connect and build the adaptive capacity of key players who have a role in preparing the West Midlands region for climate change.
The RAN will:
- Facilitate knowledge exchange and training
- Foster the partnerships needed to co-develop shared adaptation solutions
- Identify shared barriers to climate adaptation planning and delivery
- Inform the data enhancements and community engagement emerging from other WM-Adapt workstreams
- Offer mentoring and support for members new to climate adaptation
- Develop a route map for improving regional adaptive capacity (the potential or ability of an organisation, system, region of community (based on capacity and capability) to adapt to the impacts of climate change)
Benefits of RAN membership:
- Evidence the consequences of an un-adapted West Midlands, making the collective case for climate adaptation delivery
- Access seminars and training resources to upskill staff on climate adaptation, including the use of Climate Sense’s adaptive capacity diagnostics tool
- Shape the regional vision, strategy and data developments based on organisational needs, responsibilities and intelligence gaps
- Efficient use of collective resources over piecemeal, siloed working
RAN membership and eligibility
The WM RAN is currently composed of over 140 organisations from a range of sectors across the West Midlands including utility providers, local authority departments and third sector organisations.
Eligibility to join the RAN:
- Represent an organisation or part of an organisation that has a role in preparing the region for climate change.
- Represent an organisation based in or working in one of the WMCA’s seven constituent authorities – Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.