Our political system means that it is difficult to move beyond a short term response to climate change and related sea level rise. We must separate the climate change response from the political short-term viewpoint. We need continuity.

Local knowledge must influence our response to sea level rise. It should add to the evidence base to make sure unintended consequences are avoided.

 Difficult decisions will need to be taken about high priority buildings, facilities, and natural features that are at high risk from sea level rise. CTAP funding should be used to conduct a comprehensive community
engagement exercise to help identify what action must be taken

The local MP must engage with the issues of climate change and sea level rise. They must listen to ideas and push for the production of plans.

Promote the creation of Neighbourhood Development Plans in all parishes in the Bude Community Network Area. Raise awareness in the community of their key role in shaping and deciding the Neighbourhood Development Plan.

All coastal parishes in the Bude Community Network Area should create a Coastal Change Management Area (CCMA) as part of their Neighbourhood Development Plan. The process for developing the content of the CCMA must include meaningful engagement with wider stakeholder groups and also impact assessments.

 Spread awareness of the development of actions and plans to address sea level rise through a communication and media campaign which keeps everyone up to date.

 Organise progress report meetings on the Jury recommendations with the Climate Jury, Bude Climate Partnership, Cornwall Council and Bude-Stratton Town Council, Environment Agency etc., after six and twelve months. Local government should provide funding for these meetings.

 Empower and engage local people by maximising the use of volunteers in our response to sea level rise. For example, volunteers to physically build projects or undertake citizen’s science projects.

 Get buy-in from everyone(including young people) and avoid widening social inequalities (disadvantaging the most disadvantaged the most) through a comprehensive co-design process at all stages (from the start not just at the end) which must be with a representative sample of Bude, ideally more than 3% of the population. This process should also be transparent.

 Look into alternative future travel solutions for Crooklets and Summerleaze whilst maintaining current car parking capacity.

We need research into how sea level rise could be addressed by building sea defences that protect the beach, dunes, and seafront infrastructure at Summerleaze and Crooklets and create new local opportunities.

 A change network of local organisations should be established to speak with one voice on climate change and build pressure on those with power to take the action needed.

Organise an extensive awareness raising campaign throughout the wider Bude area to share the sea level rise projections.

Bude should build a reputation with tourists for being an environmentally friendly UK holiday destination. We must share a clear and positive message for tourists coming to Bude that we are acting on climate issues and that they can help us be part of the solution.

 There must be targeted messaging. There is more likely to be a positive response to addressing climate change if the audience is split into target groups so we are better able to understand their preferences and what messages/approaches will work best with them.

Bude-Stratton Town Council and Cornwall Council should put more money and resources towards climate communications. There is a need to focus and adapt messaging at the hyperlocal level,
as it is not reaching these communities

 Messaging should always be linked to measurable action. Those producing messaging should show, measure, and evaluate impact.

Local people must be supported to have conversations about climate change with each other. Such one-to-one, two-way conversations are much more likely to be authentic and open and help address anxiety and fatalism.

 Local climate change awareness raising should prioritise the use of local personal human stories (using creative approaches) and visual images (graphics and photographs)

Organise creative opportunities for members of the public to share their thoughts on climate change and for these community ideas to be gathered.

 We must collectively reduce CO2 emissions. Decision makers need to support action in the following areas:
● Energy efficient housing and buildings
● Explore ways to support more environmentally-friendly transport options

We must collectively encourage and support the work of Budehaven School Mini-Jury and local primary schools.

 Create a network of coastal towns facing similar issues to share learnings and experiences. Cornwall initially, but no reason this can’t be national.

Consider the impacts of people moving (perhaps due to sea level rise in other parts of the country) to the area and plan carefully in advance to protect the environment and consider the infrastructure needs.

Engage with the local farming community around multiple relevant issues: climate, land management, tourism, local knowledge, food production etc.

 Develop a local energy production and supply company so that money spent on energy locally stays local. Include energy storage options.

Ensure community buy-in to the action we take to address climate change by creating employment opportunities for local people i.e. working from home, construction, renewable energy, electric vehicles etc.