2019-02-18 GC Agenda Att 1 to Item 8 - Draft Environment Strategy

Theme 4 – Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
Goal: By 2030 the resilience of the Noosa community and environment has increased
 Strategy 4.1: Reduce emissions and resource consumption
 Targets                                      Baseline                                        How we will measure progress
 Target: Noosa Council operations and         In 2018, Council’s operational carbon footprint Council will continue to calculate its operational
 service activities, and the Noosa community  was approximately 50,000 CO2 tonnes per         carbon footprint annually which includes calculating
 as a whole, will reach zero net emissions by annum.                                          emissions from fuel, refrigerants, electricity, fugitive
 2026                                                                                         emissions from the landfill, and emissions
                                              The Noosa Shire annual community emissions embedded in the goods and services purchased
                                              have been calculated as 500,000 CO2 tonnes      and used by Council.
                                              per annum.
 Strategy 4.2: Increase community resilience and capacity to adapt to climate change
 Target: By 2030, community awareness,        A baseline is to be developed of current        Biennial community survey to be developed
 planning and preparedness for natural        understanding of the future climate change
 hazards and climate change is increased.     impacts and community preparedness and
                                              actions related to these.
 Strategy 4.3: Manage the natural environment in a way that improves resilience to climate change
 Target: Ecosystem health of wetlands and     In 2018, mapped riparian buffers, as identified Every 5 years mapping of vegetated riparian
 riparian areas is improved.                  in the Noosa Planning Scheme, had vegetation buffers will be reviewed.
                                              coverage of 41.8%.
                                                                                              Every 5 years extent and ecosystem health of
                                              A baseline will be developed to measure         wetlands will be measured and assessed.
                                              ecosystem health of coastal wetlands and
                                              assess impacts.




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