Final words from the panel:::
1. Put people first. Communities are already struggling and can offer solutions.
2. Must work in partnership.
3. It’s the people that will be bearing the brunt of the heat extremes, particularly the poorest.

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We agree Cat. We need conveners. We’ve got the people in the city. We need to come together.
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Cat Fisher
Our city is very unequal. We have to deal with structural challenges to address climate change in Brighton & Hove. But community level adaptation is happening already

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Cllr Trevor Muten, focussed on city infrastructure, highlighted recent extreme weather events and how distressing and soul destroying it is for people in the city

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Cllr Tim Rowkins said that there is a flooding and surface water city-wide feasibility study on-going to address these issues in Brighton & Hove

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These are the proposed responses

The room thinks water scarcity and extreme weather probably the biggest risk to families in Brighton and Hove
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Andrew Coleman
How can we all be climate heroes?
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Our adaptation event has just kicked off thinking through what climate justice and adaptation means for Brighton and Hove

New from Climate:Change, with comments from @simonmaxwell001.bsky.social‬. Has the 1.5 threshold been breached? What are 'zombie emissions', and why do they matter?

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Here's my comment on economic framing, to kick off discussion. Contribute at www.climatechangebh.org.uk/perspectives...

Climate:Change was pleased to host the launch on Monday of the Brighton & Hove Decarbonisation Pathways Study, with Tim Rowkins, Andrew Barnett, @mcbrisbois.bsky.social. Report now published at www.climatechangebh.org.uk.