Meeting papers

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                                    6 JUNE 2023


5.2       CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE GRANTS - ROUND 3 - 2023/24


Author              Carbon Reduction Officer, Anne Nolan
                    Environmental Services Department
Index               Subject/26.04
Attachments          1.   Attachment 1 - Climate Change Response Project Recomendations


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the submissions received for the Climate
Change Response Grants for 2023/24.

This report also recommends allocation of funding for the various initiatives proposed including 6
projects that are detailed in Attachment 1.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting dated 6 June 2023 regarding the Climate Change Response Grants, and:
      A. Award grant funding for the various initiatives totalling the following amounts:
             1. Climate Change Project Grants $59,836 (outlined in Attachment 1);
      B. Authorise the CEO to enter Funding Deeds for the Climate Change Project grants.


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.

CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE GRANTS - ROUND 3 2023/24
The 2023/24 Noosa Council Budget allocates $50,000 to the Climate Change Response Plan Grants
program. In addition, $17,773 residual grant funding from 2022/23 was carried over to the 2023/24
Climate Change Response Grants as noted in the Ordinary Meeting Minutes of 15 December. The
available grant funding available for this round was $67,773.

Promotion
The Climate Change Response Grants were included as part of the Environment Grants and opened
for applications on 1 March and closed 12 April 2023.
The promotion of the grants included:
      •   weekly social media posts
      •   2 x Newspaper advertisements
      •   individual officer contact with community groups
      •   emails from the Smartygrants system
      •   presentation at the Community grants Forum - 8 February 2023.




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