Heat Health and Climate Anxiety Community Workshop

Join CAG Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire County Council for a workshop to learn more about building community resilience in the face of increasing need for adaptation due to climate risks, focusing on extreme heat. Community resilience represents a crucial aspect of Oxfordshire’s efforts to adapt to both current and future climate change. The goals of this workshop are to raise awareness, build capacity and support community groups and parish and town councils in planning for more extreme weather events in the future. The workshops will include expertise on different aspects of resilience from across the Council. We will also be launching our Community Resilience Community of Practice and invite you to join to learn from other examples of resilience and mitigation work around the county. 

Background

When facing challenges like climate events or severe weather, communities that collaborate before and after emergencies recover faster and experience lower overall anxiety.

The climate in Oxfordshire is rapidly changing and this represents a significant risk to residents and businesses. Summers are becoming hotter and drier, winters are becoming warmer and wetter and we can expect more intense storms in the future.

In recent years, a number of notable weather patterns have been observed in Oxfordshire:

• 2022: A new record temperature of 38.1C was recorded
• September 2024: The wettest month since 1774
• 2025: Hottest year on record with 4 heatwaves
• First 7 months of 2025 were the driest since 1976
• New June record set in 2026

Join us to find out more.