The first step is to involve your community. This might take the form of meetings, events or innovative projects involving visioning, arts, and future workshops.

There are three key aspects to community action for climate adaptation:

• Understanding Risks – Identify specific climate risks that may affect your area and its community. (See our Learn Section)
• Options Assessment – Assess the options for mitigating and adapting to these risks. This stage involves speaking to a wide range of stakeholders and experts.
• Taking Action – Taking adaptive measures to reduce the effects of climate change felt by you or your community.

Determine who should be involved in the planning process – community members, local leaders, environmental experts, and other relevant groups.

Tips and strategies for engaging with different groups in your community, ensuring that everyone’s voice is included in climate adaptation efforts.

Check your flood risk by postcode, prepare for a flood, and sign up for live flood warnings on Natural Resources Wales website.

Pembrokeshire County Council have clear advice on what to do in an emergency. You can read about how to respond to different scenarios here.

Our A5 flyer gives you a quick overview of climate change and climate adaptation. These can be printed off or shared digitally with your community.

Establish shared expectations and guidelines for meetings, creating an inclusive and respectful space where all voices are heard.

Work together to map out local assets, risks, and areas of concern, helping the community visualise climate impacts, where they are likely to occur on a map of the local area, and what the priority areas are – and plan for adaptation.

An imaginative exercise where participants write postcards describing a future community that has successfully adapted to climate change, encouraging creative thinking about solutions.

A strategic tool for exploring different future scenarios, identifying short-term challenges, long-term goals, and the steps needed to bridge the gap between them.

Make a Community Emergency Plan using this guide.

Provides guidance on developing a flood response plan tailored to your community’s specific needs, helping reduce flood risks and protect homes and businesses.

PAVS’ funding padlet contains information about funding including sources, deadlines and funding resources.

Funding Wales is a great place to start to look for funding for your charity, community group or social organisation. It has hundreds of funds and helps you find which is best for you using their ‘Search for Funding’ tool.

The Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future is a funding program from the National Lottery Community Fund that aims to support projects addressing climate change, particularly those that empower communities to take action and create positive environmental impacts.

The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority’s Sustainable Development Fund supports community projects in and around the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on projects that are responding to the climate emergency and decarbonisation.

In partnership with PAVS, The Milford Haven Port Authority offer a community fund that is available to community organisations, town and community councils, charities and voluntary organisations. The fund provides grants of up to £5,000 for projects that promote a sustainable environment, ensure safe and inclusive use of the Milford Haven Waterway, and support a vibrant local community.