Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Our Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plan was developed by regional partners with significant input from community, business, government, industry and academia over a two-year period. It was launched in December 2016.
The Plan reflects community values and identifies priority actions to reduce the vulnerability of those values to climate risks.
Thank you to everyone who contributed time and expertise to develop this plan. It is an important step in our region’s response to climate change.
Action Plan 2020 to 2025
In 2020, we evaluated our progress against our Adaptation Plan and refocused our efforts to where we can make the most impact.
Our current priorities for action are:
Climate-ready development:
Leverage our leadership and networks to encourage residential and infrastructure development that avoids natural hazards, is built to maximise resilience, and is energy efficient and water sensitive.Climate risk reduction:
Support partners and communities to map, understand, plan for and adapt to climate risks, especially those arising from coastal, bushfire and urban heat hazards.Resilient agriculture:
Build on and spread regional best practice in enabling agriculture that is regenerative, water smart, resilient to a variable climate, and supports carbon farming as part of a zero emissions pathway.
Our Action Plan was reviewed and endorsed on 8 April 2022.
Annual Progress Report 2021-22
The Regional Sector Agreement requires our Committee to produce an annual progress report for all signatories.
Highlights of the Annual Progress Report for 2021-22 include:
Recipient of a $100,000 Preparing Australian Communities grant for our Bushfire & Biodiversity project. The purpose of this is to better understand the latest knowledge and best practice, and, map the next steps for the region to build balanced bushfire and biodiversity resilience (2022);
Held two Climate Smart Farming Forums (2021 – 2022); and
Secured funding to reinstate a RH&C Coordinator (December 2021).