This is the second (and final) post in this series. Find Part 1 here. Rules of Engagement The processes, regulations and guidelines behind project community engagement drive how that engagement takes place. These might be government regulations, industry policies or local policies. In developing nations where projects are often funded by bodies such as the […]
Looking for the earlier posts? Here are Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. As previously noted, providing community benefits is increasingly becoming an expectation for those in areas where large-scale renewable energy and low-carbon projects are being built. As such, a failure to do so is likely to attract local community opposition. This is
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Beyond discrete measures like population and workforce numbers are the less quantifiable, but still critically important, impacts that projects can have on the sustainability, vitality and sense of place of the communities where they are built. The impact on these communities can be influenced by a wide range of factors, including how communities are communicated
It was a great pleasure to appear on Wendy Agar’s emPOWER Podcast recently and discuss some of the key takeaways of my Churchill Fellowship report, especially around community engagement and community benefits. Through our conversation, we talked through: For anyone who doesn’t feel like reading the report, it’s a quick way to get across some