Phil Sivell Consulting - Experience

Phil Sivell Consulting brings a wealth of experience to delivering solutions for climate change and sustainability. The experience ranges from producing climate change strategies and action plans, developing climate indicators, producing guidance on Strategic Environmental Assessments to sustainable business programmes and chairing conferences. Examples include:

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation [+]

  • Directed and managed the development of the South East Climate Change Partnership. Currently a member of its Executive Committee.
  • Review of an English region's climate change activity and development of a framework for action to build adaptive capacity in the region.
  • Development of innovative regional indicators of climate change resilience.
  • Directed the delivery of one element of the ESPACE (European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events) project.
  • Lead author on climate change impacts and adaptation for the Transport and Climate Change Sourcebook, aimed at decision makers in developing countries.
  • Chairman of the Inaugural Guardian Climate Adaptation conference.

Climate Change Strategies and Action Plans [+]

  • Technical advisor to a Borough Council on the development of their climate change strategy.
  • Provision of strategic advice and support to a large county council on the development of their climate change strategy and action plan

Assessment of Climate Impacts [+]

  • Directing a consortium to develop a risk assessment method for a major UK Government department.
  • Technical director evaluating the impacts of climate change on the local authority highway network.

Climate Change Mitigation [+]

  • Review of the assessment of carbon emissions from construction, maintenance and operation of the Scottish trunk road network.
  • Advisor to a Regional Assembly on the development of renewable energy in regional planning guidance.
  • Review of a national programme for the development of a hydrogen economy.
  • Management of a local authority carbon management programme.
  • Direction of a small scale renewable energy campaign for a consortium of local authorities.

Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment [+]

  • Production of Climate Change Guidance for undertaking SEA.
  • Review of guidance for incorporation of climate change adaptation and mitigation in to Local Development Frameworks.
  • Providing training and policy advice on planning and transport.
  • Expert witness for Quality of Life Assessment.

Sustainable Development [+]

  • Management of an award winning local sustainable business programme.
  • Direction of the evolution of an approach to built development that would minimise its carbon emissions and ensure that it was adapted to climate change.
  • Steering group for "Adapting to Climate Change; a Checklist for Development".