Section 5 – Adaptation

To be socially, environmentally and financially resilient to a warmer, wetter and wilder climate, culture must adapt. This section of the survey is all about adapting to the impacts of the changing climate rather than emissions reductions.

For an introduction to climate adaptation, check out our guide to climate adaptation or have a watch of our Introduction to Adaptation webinar on Vimeo, delivered in collaboration with the climate resilience charity Verture.

If you wish to see the guidance for a specific question, please use the question list below.

5.1. Did any climate impacts affect the delivery of this event this year?

Please select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ depending on whether event delivery has been impacted by the changing climate.

This is a mandatory question for all organisations that it is shown to.

Selecting ‘Yes’ in this question will show 5.1a.

Reason for question

Understanding the impacts of a changing climate on your organisation is often the best way to begin thinking about adapting.

This question allows you to do just that. It will also give us a wider understanding of the real impacts that you are facing, which we will contribute to national and international studies on climate impact.

5.1a. Please provide more details about the climate impacts and the affect they had on this event.

Please describe any specific impacts that your event faced as a result of Scotland’s changing climate. Examples of impacts include event cancellations, travel disruption or damage of property.

Reason for question

Understanding the impacts of a changing climate on your organisation is often the best way to begin thinking about adapting.

5.2. What climate adaptation measures did your organisation have in place this year to increase resilience of this event against the changing climate?

Provide details of the actions taken for your event this year to build resilience against climate impacts. Some examples of actions include deciding to hold the event in a different location because of extreme weather, exploring more comprehensive insurance or ensuring there was an extreme weather plan in place for the event.

Please use this space to talk about any key achievements and milestones, but also any barriers or difficulties you faced.

This question should be used to report what has already happened. 5.3 is where you can talk about future actions.

Reason for question

To be socially, environmentally and financially resilient to a warmer, wetter and wilder climate, events must adapt.

We first want to understand what you have already done, to give you the opportunity to reflect on your event and celebrate success, but also to let us know about the barriers faced so we can provide support.

5.3. What climate adaptation measures is your organisation planning to implement to increase the resilience of this event against the changing climate throughout its multi-year funding period?

This is where you write your adaptation actions, broken down by year. Please include all relevant information so that we can fully assess your plan and can provide relevant feedback.

You will see a row for each delivery year for which your event is funded (as selected in 1.4). You may wish to report different actions each year or overarching actions across the whole period.

As a reminder, adaptation is all about what you are doing to ensure your event is resilient to the changing climate. We are expecting Scotland to have warmer, wetter and wilder weather. How can you ensure that your event is protected against that?

This is a mandatory question for all organisations that it is shown to.

Reason for question

To be socially, environmentally, and financially resilient to a warmer, wetter and wilder climate, events must adapt.

We want to understand the actions that your organisation is planning to implement to adapt so we can provide support and feedback to help you deliver them.

Breaking down large actions into smaller year-on-year actions/tasks makes them more achievable. It is also easier for you to hold yourself accountable across a shorter time frame.

This also gives us a better understanding of your delivery plan in order to offer more tailored support and feedback.

A long-term plan is also useful, but we won’t be asking for its details here.