2022-12-06 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                6 DECEMBER 2022


4    CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE GRANTS –ROUND TWO 2022/23


Author           Carbon Reduction Officer, Anne Nolan
                 Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM/Environmental Grants

Attachments      Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report seeks to confirm recommendations for Round 2 of the 2022-23 Climate Change
Response Grants.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting dated 6 December 2022 and
A.   Approve the Climate Change Response Grants recommendations as outlined in this report;
     and
B.   Retain available grant funds for the next funding round scheduled to be released in early 2023.


REPORT
Climate Change Response Grants are included under the Environment Grant Policy to assist in the
implementation of the Climate Change Response Plan and achieve the outcomes of the Sustainable
Living and Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience strategies under the Environment Strategy
2019.
The purpose of this report is to present recommendations for the latest round of the Climate Change
Response Grants.
1.      CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE GRANTS – ROUND TWO 2022/23
The 2022/23 Noosa Council Budget allocated $50,000 to the Climate Change Response Plan grants
program. In Round 1 of 2022/23 Climate Change Response Grants, $32,227 were allocated to three
applications as discussed in the previous Council Report of 4 June 2022. As a result, $17,773
remained available to allocate to projects in Round 2 of the 2022/23 climate change response grant
program.
The Climate Change Response Grants seek to support initiatives that accelerate community-led
climate action at the local level. These grants are intended to mobilise the community, support
vulnerable people, provide initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and create a more sustainable
Noosa.
2.      PROMOTION
The Climate Change Response Grants opened for applications on Friday 30 September and closed
31 October.
Promotion for this round of grant opportunities included:
•    E-newsletter to 300 not-for-profit community groups
•    Social media
•    Individual contact with specific community groups



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