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The five stages to developing an action plan

This section guides you through the five stages that we suggest you follow when developing a climate change action plan. They are:-

1. Getting Started - build political support for action and identify who in your Local Authority and beyond should be involved in formulating and delivering the Action Plan.

2. Assessing the Situation - investigate what information you have available and decide if you need to collect more to address adaptation and mitigation. Identify the policy support that is available.

3. Developing your Approach - drawing on the information available and the views of stakeholders, identify the priority areas for action on adaptation and mitigation

4. Preparing the Action Plan - building on your assessment of the current situation and priorities for action, develop a coherent plan (or plans) of action with a timetable and clear responsibilities.

5. Implementation - launch the Action Plan, embed it into council and partner policies and programmes and co-ordinate actions. Over time, review and refresh the plan.

Next step

If your authority is just beginning to develop a Climate Change action plan, click on Getting started in the left-hand menu or in the diagram below.

Or

If your authority has already completed some of these stages, go directly to what interests you by clicking on the appropriate stage shown in italics in the diagram.

To go to what interests you, click on the relevant stage shown in italics in the box.

Developing an Action Plan
Getting started
Adaptation Mitigation
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Assessing the situation Assessing the situation Assessing the situation Assessing the situation Assessing the situation Assessing the situation
Developing your approach Developing your approach Developing your approach Developing your approach Developing your approach Developing your approach
Preparing the action plan
Implementation

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