Kirklees Council CCRVA 2022 - Priority risks by theme:

Water:

· Water supply interruptions/restriction.

· Increase in daily peak demand.

· Waste seepage into water supply

· Poor water quality.

· Flooding, including damage to property, threat to life, displacement.

Waste:

· Increase in wet waste.

· Increase in weight of waste.

· Reduction in the efficiency of energy plants (cooling steam to generate electricity).

· Bin collections disrupted.

Culture, tourism and leisure:

· Flooding of leisure services and provisions.

· Overheating of playgrounds and outdoor sports facilities with no shade.

· Closure of businesses (e.g., damaged buildings or not being retrofitted).

Agriculture and the natural environment:

· Risk to terrestrial species and habitats.

· Increase in pests, pathogens and invasive species.

· Damage to Sites of Special Scientific Interests.

· Damage to soils e.g. due to periods of drought.

· Bare peat from past industrial pollution at risk of erosion/being washed away.

· Limitations in the window for peatland restoration work.

Health and wellbeing (incl. adult care, children and young people):

· Increased incidences of heat exhaustion and dehydration.

· Increased anxiety.

· Increase in vector borne diseases.

· Further risks to homeless communities without safe shelter.

· Unsafe working conditions for site, outdoor workers and frontline workers. .

Buildings and property:

· Overheating.

· Increased requirement for retrofitting properties with cooling systems.

· Risk to household energy demands from increased cooling/heating requirements.

· Flooding.

· Increase in risk of condensation, damp, mould growth, mildew.

· Changes in ground water levels.

· Increase in risk of subsidence.

Energy and infrastructure:

· Damage to energy assets and supply infrastructure (e.g., wind turbines, energy plant).

· Damage to IT infrastructure.

· Damage to transport infrastructure (e.g. road melt).

· Increase in local accidents on motorways and major trunk roads.

Services:

· Damage to service buildings and assets - such as schools, prisons, care homes.

· Increase in demand for health and social care services.

· Damage to specialist equipment.

· Increase in response time / wait times.

· Disruption to delivery of services (e.g., due to road closures etc.).