2021-08-10 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Climate Change Response Plan

                                                                    Noosa Climate Change Response Plan




Theme 3: Clean low emissions industries
Why this is important
Economic recovery post COVID-19 brings opportunities for industry and governments to
invest in initiatives that create clean low emissions jobs and set communities up for the future
- a recovery that supports the environmental industries sector1 and tackles the challenges of
climate change. The actions we take now must create an economic environment for innovation
where new technology and industries form part of the climate change solution and help make
communities more resilient and sustainable.
Noosa is in a unique and opportune position to leverage its clean green brand to attract and
drive investment in clean low emissions industries and to showcase best practice sustainability
and climate solutions. This means aligning economic activity and tourism promotion with the
vision of making Noosa the preferred destination for clean, green business investment and
clean tech industries.
This also includes supporting local businesses to be more sustainable through encouraging
decarbonisation, energy efficiency upgrades, and waste minimisation.


How we’ll achieve this
Council will help create a strong, clean economy for Noosa by exploring opportunities and
barriers to developing the environmental industries sector, through the development of
Council’s revised Economic Strategy (local economic plan). This will improve understanding
of how best to grow environmental industries in Noosa that are high impact (create jobs and
diversify the economy), leverage existing investment, are targeted for beneficial change, and
are timely for rapid job creation and economic recovery.
Council will actively work with local businesses to encourage participation in programs that
improve energy efficiency and sustainability, in partnership with Tourism Noosa, ZEN Inc and
other community groups.




1
    Environmental industries consist of companies and organisations which carry out economic activities aimed at
     protecting the environment and managing natural resources, including waste management, wastewater treatment,
     limiting noise nuisance, correcting environmental damage, and production of cleaner technology products and
     services, such as production of renewable energy, electric transport and energy saving activities.



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