a day in the life of planit4cast story
DESCRIPTION
Planit4CAST models the life of a virtual community with teams, representing key partners in the community. Delegates have to work together to tackle climate change (develop strategies mitigation and adaptation.) by understanding cause & effect. Planit4CAST is suitable for Senior decision makers in Local Councils (Chief Executives, Leaders, Director and Cabinet Members), other council members and officers, public sector partnerships, communities wanting to get involved with Renewable Feed-in Tariffs, and education sector (schools, colleges and universities).TRANSCRIPT
Let learning ripple through your organisation
Speaker: Mary Dees
Let learning ripple through your organisation
Nationally Recognised
“It is a very enjoyable method and way of understanding policy problems ”
The Main Menu
“The most advanced computer led training course I have attended”
Main Menu
Shows a virtual community with problems such as air and water Pollution, congestion, poor housing, unemployment, poor health and rising waste.
The buildings represent the teams which work together as a local authority and their partners to improve the community and respond to the threat of climate change.
“An excellent way of exploring issues particularly the
cross – cutting elements & how they impact across blocks”
Looking at the issues
Report Screen
Teams are Town Hall; Education, Training and Skills; Third Sector; Housing; Utilities; Transport ;Enterprise and Regulatory Agency; Health and Emergency Services. Each team is given a mission statement outlining their objectives.
They are presented with updated reports to help them make decisions.
Decisions, decisions, decisions
Investment
Having looked at their reports and developed a strategy the teams can invest their budgets.
Can they balance their budget? Negotiate with other teams to implement both mitigation and adaptation strategies as well as address their everyday public service requirements.
Advance the Round, see the Changes
Update Round
After all the budget decisions have been made the round is updated.
Improvements made to the community are shown such as renewable energy, less pollution, recycling facilities, increase in wildlife and more sustainable housing.
3 rounds remain to deal with problems
The Score
The score shows how the teams have performed on the national indicators, Politics and Organisational Performance.
Red = 0 – 3Amber = 3 – 7Green = 7 – 10
Public Opinion is also scored.
3 rounds remain to deal with problems
The News
After each round incidents can occur, if the right investments are not being made, such as flooding, coastal erosion and extreme weather events.
“The course gave an excellent overview on the scale of the challenge ahead and the difficult
decisions that need to be take”
What learning message delegates said they would take away:
“Climate change is an issue that everyone can have an
affect on and no one organisation can tackle this
issue alone
Climate change adaptation and
mitigation is complex, there are many different
inter-related factors
Climate change can be adapted to by all
departments across businesses, not just
environmental departments
Communication between groups is essential to ensure options are covered
/ not repeated
Feedback
“Good to look at outcome of choices and how objectives
can be met from a number of initiatives”