2021-08-10 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     10 AUGUST 2021


 Community comment                                        Proposed response
 dedicated bins in popular, high-traffic locations).
 Raise awareness of the need to reduce waste from
 batteries and other emerging technologies.
 Amend Strategic Priority 8.3 to specifically address
 household and business waste, not just community
 waste. e.g. Create a fourth bin for organic/food waste
 for households and a mandatory strategy for
 restaurants and cafes.
 Need a 2026 target of 75% or similar to help achieve
 the zero emissions goal. Could a trial be
 implemented by 2023 where X number of
 households have a separate food waste bin that is
 sent to a commercial composting facility that then
 supplies compost to local farms.

Regional Climate Action Roadmap
Noosa Council in conjunction with Sunshine Coast Council has been awarded a grant for $210,000
from the state government through the LGAQ’s Queensland Climate Resilient Councils (QCRC)
grant program to further the councils’ climate change programs. The objective of the grant is to
develop a climate action roadmap that addresses both climate change impacts and the transition to
a low carbon economy.
The project will pilot the implementation of the QCRC’s Climate Risk Management Framework and
guidelines. It will build a positive foundation for region-wide climate action and provide the councils
and the broader community with an increased awareness and understanding of climate risks and
their implications, as well as provide a strategic position statement for responding to regional climate
risks.
Through this project, the councils will be inviting involvement from key community representatives
and industry leaders to help identify best practice approaches for the different economic, social and
environmental sectors across the Sunshine Coast. The project will also have a broader education
and awareness raising component through the development of a climate information tool kit.
QCRC Alliance Grant
The State Government has awarded a further collaborative grant of $100,000 to a number of south-
east Queensland councils including Noosa to work together to co-design, develop and manage a
Climate Resilience Alliance. The grant will support the appointment of a coordinator to support the
participating councils in accelerating on-ground, community wide actions to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, transition communities to a low carbon economy, and build resilience to climate risk. The
councils will be working together to determine a specific focus for the project over the coming months.

Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 18 March 2021, Item 6, Page 23
That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner and Carbon Reduction Officer to the
Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 9 March 2021 and approve the draft Climate
Change Response Plan for the purpose of community consultation, provided at Attachment 1 to the
report.




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