Seq Regional Climate Resilient Alliance · Attachment 1 - Seqcra Fact Sheet

      SEQCRA
                                                                        SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
                                                                        CLIMATE RESILIENT ALLIANCE




 Members                                           All SEQ Councils will be invited to join the SEQ Climate Resilient Alliance.
                                                   Members will pay an annual fee and allocate representatives to sit on the
                                                   SEQCRA Executive Steering Committee and SEQCRA Coordination
                                                   Committee to ensure all initiatives provide value to its members and the
                                                   region. The following Councils will be invited to join SEQCRA:

                                                   Brisbane City Council                                Noosa Shire Council
                                                   Gold Coast City Council                              Redland City Council
                                                   Ipswich City Council                                 Scenic Rim Regional Council
                                                   Lockyer Valley Regional Council                      Somerset Regional Council
                                                   Logan City Council                                   Sunshine Coast Regional Council
                                                   Moreton Bay Regional Council                         Toowoomba Regional Council



Membership                                         Governance                                           Coordination and
SEQCRA membership will involve:                    SEQCRA governance is based upon the                  Funding
   Annual fees, based on a sliding scale           successful, robust and equitable                     Membership fees will form the annual
   according to population.                        structures of other Alliances in                     budget for SEQCRA. The annual
   3 years commitment via MOU                      Australia:                                           budget will deliver projects and
   Allocation of one executive                                                                          employ an Alliance Coordinator to
                                                   Executive Steering Committee:
   representative to sit on the Executive                                                               administer the Alliance, apply for
   Steering Committee, meeting                     comprised of member representatives to
                                                                                                        grants and funding, coordinate
   quarterly.                                      steer and manage Alliance work.
                                                                                                        governance and deliver projects.
   Allocation of one sustainability staff          Coordination Committee:                              Larger projects may require external
   member to sit on the Coordination                                                                    funding and additional
                                                   comprised of sustainability staff to
   Committee, meeting monthly.                                                                          co-contribution from each member.
                                                   manage projects and technical work.



Responding to Climate Change Impacts and Risks
                                                                                                                       SEQCRA is being
Climate change will continue to impact the way councils plan, operate and deliver                                      formed from a
infrastructure and community services. It is becoming critical for councils to understand and
identify their climate risks and ensure that they are able to adapt their operations to provide                        collective need to
ongoing service to their communities in the face of climate change. To transition to a zero                            work together to
emissions future with a changing climate, council staff are re-considering the way they
procure goods and services to decarbonise supply chains; planning and designing facilities and
                                                                                                                       effectively respond
infrastructure to be climate resilient; and responding to climate-related disaster events. To                          to climate change.
become climate resilient, councils need support.


 Climate                             Regional                              Working                                 Cost
 Change                              approach                              together                                Savings
 Each Council is exposed to          The challenges of climate             A coordinated and                       Alliance members achieve
 climate risks and responsible       change do not stop at                 collaborative approach builds           cost savings through
 for managing a wide range of        municipal boundaries but are          capacity and resilience,                economies of scale, bulk
 climate change challenges           shared across SEQ.                    reduces duplication of effort,          buys, shared resources and
 that are shared. Currently,         A regional approach can               and enables Alliance                    joint effort. Alliance members
 this work is often done in          provide consistency and a             members to be supported in              will have increased access to
 isolation with limited funds        more unified response to              critical decision making and            funding and opportunitites.
 and resources.                      climate change.                       initiatives.




 Next Steps and invitations for Founding Membership will follow. For more information please contact your sustainability staff.
                       More information about the SEQ Climate Resilient Alliance will continue to be circulated. Opportunities for formal briefing