2022-06-07 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      7 JUNE 2022


5    CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE GRANTS – 2022/23 ROUND ONE

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

Index             ECM/ Environmental Grants

Attachments       1.   Climate Grant Recommendations

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Climate Change Response Grants are included in Round 17 of the Community, Environment
and Climate Change Grants.
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.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Carbon Reduction Project Officer to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 7 June 2022 and approve the Climate Change Response
Grants as outlined in Attachment 1 to this report.

REPORT
The purpose of this report is to present recommendations for the latest round of the Climate
Change Response Grants.
1.   Guidelines
The Council Ordinary Meeting of 16 December 2021 requested a review of the grant guidelines,
eligibility and scoring criteria for the Climate Change Response Grants to prioritise projects that
can demonstrate meaningful progress towards its targets to reduce greenhouse gases and/or the
initiation of priority adaptation actions identified in the plan.
The guidelines were revised to include the following:
    Projects/programs – Projects or programs that address specific outcomes of the Noosa
     Climate Change Response Plan. The project or program must address one or more of the
     following themes of the Noosa Climate Change Response Plan:
     1.    Leadership and governance
     2.    Energy efficiency and governance
     3.    Clean low emissions industries
     4.    Sustainable transport
     5.    Health & resilient natural systems and carbon sequestration and food systems
     6.    Sustainable agriculture
     7.    Resilient and adaptive communities and built environments
     8.    Zero waste and circular economies
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.

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