Net zero risk register

Risk Title and Description

Operational Climate Change Impact Risk: Detriment to members of the publics' health and wellbeing from the effects of extreme weather on homes, corporate buildings and land.

Service: Net Zero & Business

Date identified: 6 February 2023

Owner: Net Zero Project Manager

Target implementation date: 2030

Potential Causes:

• Increase in frequency and severity of extreme weather events as a result of climate change
• Building regulations, strategies and planning reforms regressing, resulting in standards that Council homes are currently built at to fall backwards
• Lack of funding resulting in inability to retrofit existing Council homes and corporate buildings

Potential Impacts:

• Detrimental to tenants' physical and mental health and wellbeing and operational use of leased buildings
• Tenants moving out of leased buildings
• Economic impact of damage to properties as a result of flooding, including insurance costs
• Long term economic impact on tourism and/or businesses following flooding events, due to lost revenue and recovery time
• Increased water demand on Public and Green spaces during drought periods
• Increased energy demands for cooling and heating buildings

Existing Mitigations & Control

What has been done to control the risk?

• All new Council housing built to Passivhaus standards, a highly energy efficient future-proofed standard that assesses future overheating
• Extensive retrofit programme following 'fabric first' strategy underway to build resilience in existing homes

Further Mitigations & Controls to be put into place

• Continue to monitor and seek funding opportunities for retrofit to remaining housing stock and corporate property estate
• Continue to use City Council news and social media communication platforms to notify and advise of upcoming adverse weather forecasts
• Continue to collaborate with DCC and Devon district groups to improve regional resilience and ensure extreme weather plans are in place
• In accordance with the Government’s expressed intention to introduce the Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings standard in 2025, Policy CC5 of the emerging Exeter Plan seeks to ensure that the level of ambition is achieved, and the timetable does not slip. This provides a local back-up to the national ambition

Notes

In accordance with the Government’s expressed intention to introduce the Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings standard in 2025, Policy CC5 of the emerging Exeter Plan seeks to ensure that the level of ambition is achieved and the timetable does not slip. This provides a local back-up to the national ambition.

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