The second annual conference organised by Telford and Wrekin Council took place on 18 October. 

The conference was well attended by local organisations including the Fire and Rescue Service, town and parish councillors, businesses including Veolia and representatives of community groups including Climate Action Hub Telford, Sustainable Newport, Transition Telford, Shropshire Cycle Hub, Marches Energy Agency and local churches.Speakers covered topics including:

• how the council is reducing carbon emissions across the borough 

• how the local business community is sharing good practice via the Telford Sustainability and Energy Cluster 

• the sustainability projects being run by Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals 

• Shropshire Good Food Partnership's work on reducing food waste with schools 

• the Postcards from the Future visioning exercise about what Telford and Wrekin could look like if communities took action to get to net zero in relation to energy, buildings, transport, land, food and waste was discussed by the local communities forum. 

This was followed by a group discussion about developing an adaptation strategy for the borough as to the actions needed to make local communities more resilient to climate change.  This was made all the more pertinent due to the flood barriers being erected in Ironbridge that morning.