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

            Noosa Shire Council



  Strategic Priorities            Specific actions                                                       Metrics                                              Timing
  What are our priorities over    How will we achieve our strategic priorities or encourage positive     How will we measure effectiveness or success         (for
  the 5 year life of this plan?   change?                                                                of risk mitigation or emissions reduction efforts?   commencement)

  Theme 6 - Sustainable agriculture and food systems
  Target:
  By 2030, 80% of all grazing land achieves best practice management for agriculture
  By 2026, the knowledge and capacity of local food and agribusinesses to prepare for climate risks and take up carbon reduction
  opportunities has increased
  6.1 Support agri-               • Continue providing support to Landcare and MRCCC’s rural             • Number of farmers participating in on-ground       Ongoing
  businesses and                    extension programs to encourage sustainable agriculture and            actions through land management programs
  landholders to create             land management, and increase awareness of climate risks
  a sustainable and                 (eg. Keep it in Kin Kin program).
  regenerative food system        • Promote platforms and programs for farmers to access climate         • Whether action is completed                        2021/22 -
  that includes consideration       projections, training, workshops, grants and guidance material                                                            ongoing
  and preparation for climate       for climate-ready farming.
  change risks
                                  • Work with Food and Agri-Business Network, Regenerative               • Whether action is completed                        Ongoing
                                    Agriculture Alliance and Country Noosa, and other
                                    organisations to improve support for agri-business and
                                    encourage take up of sustainable agriculture
  6.2 Promote sustainable,        Through development and implementation of the Economic                 • Number of local producers promoted or              Ongoing
  locally produced food and       Strategy:                                                                accredited as being ‘sustainable’ or an
  improve local food access       • Support and promote farmers’ markets, farm gates and local             equivalent.
  for farmers, residents,           food box programs.
  visitors and vulnerable         • Support and promote businesses that use sustainable,
  people.                           regenerative food production methods including organic,
                                    biodynamic and agro-ecological principles.
                                  • Continue to work with Eat Local Noosa, Slow Food Noosa,
                                    Tourism Noosa (eg. food and drink festival) and other
                                    organisations to promote local producers and connect supply
                                    chains to local consumers.
  6.3 Support agri-               • Investigate opportunities to encourage rural landowners to           • Whether action is completed                        2022/23
  businesses and                    sequester soil carbon and accrue carbon credits through
  landholders to reduce             restoring soil health and sustainable agricultural practices. (eg.
  their emissions through           Landcare Soil Health Cards, Carbon Farmers of Australia)
  changes in farming
  practices and technology
  implementation, and to
  take up the opportunities
  for income generation
  through carbon drawdown
  activities.




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