Free webinar

Join the TCPA as we launch our vision for a Climate Resilient New Town. Following on from our 21^st Century New Towns vision published last year, we asked the question, what would a new town look like if it was designed with climate resilience at its heart?  

As the government prepares to launch a programme to deliver a new generation of new towns, it is vital that climate resilience is a key objective, to create places where fossil fuels are redundant and people and nature live without fear of fuel poverty or the devasting impacts of overheating and flooding. 

During this webinar, the TCPA will present our vision for the Climate Resilient New Town, and discuss how planners, developers, policy makers and communities can use this tool to advocate for exemplar new communities in which future generations can thrive. 

This progressive vision is illustrated by Lisa Holdcroft.

Welcome and introduction	Katy Lock, Chief executive, Town and Country Planning Association	14:00
Climate resilience – the urgent challenge for place	Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair of the National Heat Risk Commission, Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science	14:05
Delivering climate resilient places in practice – lessons from Freiburg	Professor Wulf Daseking, Former Chief Planning Officer of the City of Freiburg	14:15
The TCPA vision for a Climate Resilient New Town	Celia Davis, Interim Director of Operations and Impact at the TCPA	14:25
Panel discussion and Q&A		14:35
Thank you and close	Katy Lock, Chief executive, Town and Country Planning Association	14:55

The 21^st Century New Towns vision can be downloaded here.  

Further Links 

New Towns and Garden Cities, resources and guides

Planning for the Climate Crisis, guides for local authorities

Practical Hope: overheating, flood risk and retrofit, guides for communities