2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      9 MARCH 2021


4.    Sustainable transport
5.    Healthy and resilient natural systems and carbon drawdown
6.    Sustainable agriculture and food systems
7.    Resilient and adaptive communities and built environments
8.    Zero waste and circular economy.
Each theme has strategic priorities with information on why these priorities matter, how they will
be achieved, Council’s role in driving and influencing change and important partnerships.
Within the summary of actions there is an overview of the specific actions to be implemented over
the next few years, indicators for monitoring progress, and estimated timeframes for delivery.
Key outcomes identified for creating a better future that prioritises climate action are:
    Transition to zero net emissions for Council operations and for the community
    Transition to 100% renewable energy powering Council buildings and facilities, and powering
     Noosa Shire
    Drive clean low emissions industry, and innovative technologies and solutions that address
     the climate crisis
    Be a well informed and prepared community whose people consider climate change in their
     daily lives and business decisions
    Facilitate sustainable, resilient and adaptive communities, buildings and infrastructure to help
     adapt to the impacts of climate change
    Support vulnerable populations, ensuring inclusion in solutions and equitable access to
     opportunities and benefits
    Accelerate transition to sustainable transport and improve mobility through new technologies
     and active modes of transport such as walking and cycling
    Enhance ecosystem health, adaptive capacity and carbon drawdown, while balancing other
     climate risks such as bushfire
    Grow and distribute food locally and sustainably, enabled by sustainable land management
     and regenerative farming practices
    Advance a zero waste circular economy where products and materials are reused and
     repurposed.
Many businesses, community groups and households are already taking steps to incorporate
climate change considerations into their risk assessment processes and day to day operations and
lifestyles. Council has also made progress in key areas that it can influence.
This plan seeks to build on this momentum to move Council and the community from business-as-
usual approaches for managing current day risks towards making an urgent and systematic shift
across a range of sectors and council functions. This includes helping to engage and mobilise the
community to build resilience and increase investment in renewable energy solutions, clean low
emissions industries and sustainable transport. It also includes taking advantage of carbon
drawdown opportunities through tree planting and better agricultural land management.
Relationship to the CHAP
This plan is separate to the Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan (CHAP) which deals specifically with
coastal erosion and inundation risks and how these hazards are projected to increase as a result
of sea level rise.
The Climate Change Response Plan is more broad reaching and deals with a range of climate
related risks as well as emissions reduction, thereby providing overarching direction for
implementation of the CHAP.

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