Adaptation Guidance Workshop: Preparing for change with the Climate Change Committee

This workshop will present cutting-edge research on future extreme weather events that are likely to impact the waste sector. Your inputs during the workshop will help shape the analysis of the sector that the Climate Change Committee (CCC) undertakes as part of the Fourth Climate Change Risk Assessment’s Independent Assessment (CCRA4-IA).

Date: Tuesday 16th September 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Venue: Zoom - link will be emailed closer to the event
CPD? Yes
Cost: FREE to attend

Speakers:

Hayley Fowler is a member of the Adaptation Committee and Professor of Climate Change Impacts at Newcastle University and Director of the Centre for Climate and Environmental Resilience. Her research focuses on improved physical understanding of changing precipitation extremes, floods and droughts, and providing better projections and guidance for climate adaptation of infrastructure systems.

Rachael Steller is the Resilient Infrastructure Lead at the Climate Change Committee (CCC). She leads the team’s analysis of the energy, ICT, water, transport, and waste sectors for Adaptation Progress Reports and the Fourth Climate Change Risk Assessment.

Rachel Carr-Whitworth is an analyst at the CCC whose work focuses on industrial decarbonisation and delivering net zero in the waste sector, along with waste sector adaptation to climate change. At the CCC, she has led a range of analysis for 7th Carbon Budget, the CCC’s citizens’ panel and Progress reports. Prior to this, Rachel worked at the University of Leeds modelling the emissions reduction potential of resource efficiency strategies.