SIX ACTION AREAS FOR MITIGATION & ADAPTATION

Six action areas and nineteen goals provide guidance for the Central Goldfields community to tackle climate change together.

Education, Collaboration & Mobilisation

  • 1 Our Council embeds climate adaptation and emissions reduction in its decision-making and operations
  • 2 Our community has many opportunities to learn and collaborate around climate action
  • 3 Our young people and groups most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are heard and supported in self-determined climate action

Health & Wellbeing

  • 4 Our community feels connected, supported and mentally resilient to the challenges of a changing climate
  • 5 Our community is comfortable and active through increasing temperatures
  • 6 Our community is prepared for and able to recover from flood, bushfire, storms and heatwaves
  • 7 Our food systems are equitable, healthy and sustainable

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

  • 8 Our energy is renewable, equitable and secure
  • 9 Our Council and community transition off natural gas
  • 10 Our Council and community adopt energy efficient behaviour and technologies

Built Environment & Transport

  • 11 Our built environment incorporates environmentally sustainable and resilient design
  • 12 Our built environment has more green spaces and canopy cover
  • 13 Our transport is low emissions and accessible to all

Waste & The Circular Economy

  • 14 Our Council & community is committed to waste avoidance and transitioning to a circular economy
  • 15 Our community has the knowledge and opportunity to recycle right
  • 16 Our community composts and grows its own food

Land & Water

  • 17 Our natural environment and cultural assets are protected, enhanced and enjoyed
  • 18 Our water systems are healthy, resilient, and secure
  • 19 Our land use industries are adaptive, innovative and sustainable

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This website was brought together by the Climate Action Stewarding Group.

We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in the area now known as the Central Goldfields, and pay respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging, as well as to all First Nations’ communities who contribute to the life of the area.

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