Climate Adaptation and Resilience Matrix

Climate change and extreme weather can disrupt waste and recycling collections, damage infrastructure and affect the continuity of essential local authority services. Understanding these risks and planning ahead can help councils protect service delivery, manage operational pressures and build long-term resilience.

Join Local Partnerships for the launch of our Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Matrix for Local Authority Waste Services. This free, practical tool is designed to help local authorities across the UK identify potential climate-related impacts on waste services and explore measures to mitigate risks.
The webinar will introduce the matrix and demonstrate how it can help you assess vulnerabilities, identify opportunities to strengthen resilience and inform practical action. Whether you are reviewing existing arrangements or planning future service changes, the matrix will help you bring climate resilience into your operational planning and decision-making.

• An introduction to the matrix: Understand its purpose, structure and how it can support your authority.
• Practical insights into climate risks: Explore how hazards such as flooding, extreme heat and severe cold could affect waste services, infrastructure and operations.
• Potential mitigation measures: Identify practical actions to help reduce risks, minimise disruption and improve service resilience.
• Support for planning and decision-making: Discover how to use the matrix to inform service reviews, risk management, contract management and longer-term investment planning.
• A free, practical resource: Learn how to apply the matrix to your local circumstances and identify next steps for strengthening resilience.

This webinar is aimed at local authority officers and managers responsible for delivering, commissioning or planning waste and resource management services across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including:

• Waste and recycling service managers and operational teams.
• Heads of waste, resources and environmental services.
• Climate adaptation, resilience and sustainability officers.
• Emergency planning, business continuity and risk management teams.
• Officers responsible for waste infrastructure, assets and fleet.
• Procurement and contract management professionals involved in waste service delivery.
• Strategic planners and senior officers responsible for service transformation and long-term investment.

Whether you are directly responsible for waste operations or support the wider planning and resilience of local public services, this session will help you understand how the matrix can support your work.