SAFER: Strategic Adaptation for Emergency Resilience – Launch Event

Please arrive from 3:30 to allow time for mingling and registration.

in person only

The climate crisis is entering a new phase. As extreme weather becomes more common, life supporting systems come under increasing strain, with UK communities exposed to multiple threats. SAFER is a new campaign from the Climate Majority Project, aiming to make adapting for climate impacts a national priority: practical, funded, and community-led.

This in-person event is for campaigners, community leaders, decisionmakers, and anyone interested in a national push for a serious, joined-up approach to adaptation.

Adaptation is no longer optional. It is a partner and a catalyst to decarbonisation and nature regeneration - and a powerful way to bring people into climate action by addressing immediate, visible challenges.

Join us to:

• Access our new publication and challenge our thinking

• Hear from Caroline Lucas and SAFER’s core team

• Explore the case for adaptation as a national and local priority

• Connect with organisers leading local resilience efforts

Why SAFER - and why now?

SAFER is a response to deep vulnerabilities in the UK’s systems and infrastructure - highlighted starkly by COVID-19, worsened by systemic neglect and underfunding of services.

As temperatures continue to break records, with little sign of emissions slowing, the UK is far from prepared for the climate chaos that is approaching. Reducing the risk of impacts escalating into emergencies means taking action before they occur. At a local and national level, we need a preparatory mindset - focused on anticipating climate damage and cascading effects, rather than reacting when it’s too late. We need far-sighted, ecologically sound adaptation strategies that don’t cause more harm than they prevent. And we need real investment in the deeper resilience of our communities, taking cultures of care seriously as we reckon with the trouble we’re in.

Improving food and energy security, reducing fire, flood and heat related risks, and deepening bonds of trust and mutual care are all part of this vision.

Join us in calling for:

• A funded national plan for strategic adaptation and resilience

• A mindset shift in the climate movement, recognising adaptation as a gateway to majority action

• A culture of adaptation that normalises protective measures in businesses and government

• Communities of care - where trust, preparedness and mutual aid are the foundations of resilience.

This launch coincides with the Climate Coalition Mass Lobby, and we urge guests to use the day to speak to their MPs about the urgent need for strategic climate adaptation.

Help build a resilient future: reserve your place today.