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

                                                               Noosa Climate Change Response Plan




DEFINITIONS
Adaptation: Regarding climate change, adaptation is the process of adjustment to actual or
expected climate and its effects. It seeks to moderate or avoid harm or take advantage of beneficial
opportunities.
Carbon drawdown: The removal of carbon from the atmosphere by capturing or storing it through
biological, chemical and physical processes. Also referred to as carbon sequestration.
Circular economy: A closed system in which reuse, recycling and disposal channels are in-build to
consumer and industrial products, to elimination.
Climate: Relates to the average weather over various timescales, including over a period of months up
to millions of years.
Climate Change: is any change in the climate lasting for several decades, including changes in
temperature, rainfall and wind patterns. It refers to the average weather conditions over a period of
30 years or longer. Climate change is different from weather. Weather refers to what you seen and feel
outside from day to day (e.g. sunny, rainy).
Hazard: the potential occurrence of a natural or human-induced event, trend or impact that
may cause damage, including loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, and
ecosystems.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Established by the United Nations, the IPCC is the
leading international body for the assessment of climate change, with representatives from 195
countries.
Mitigation: A human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.
Resilience: The capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous
event, trend, or disturbance, responding or reorganising in ways that maintain their essential
function, identity, and structure, while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning, and
transformation.
Risk: is the potential for consequences where something of value is at stake and where the
outcome is uncertain, recognising the diversity of values. Risk is often represented as probability
of occurrence of hazardous events (likelihood) multiplied by the impacts (or consequences) should
these events or trends occur.
Water sensitive urban design: A holistic approach to water management that integrates urban design
and planning with social and physical sciences in order to deliver water services and protect aquatic
environments in an urban setting




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