2019-06-11 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Environment Strategy

     Strategy 4.2: Increase community resilience and capacity
     		            to adapt to climate change

     Target                                                     Sea level rise will cause additional low-lying areas
                                                                to be permanently inundated at high tide, including
     By 2030, community awareness, planning and                 areas around the Noosa River at Cooroibah, Tewantin,
     preparedness for natural hazards and climate change is     Noosaville and North Shore. A projected sea level rise of
     increased.                                                 0.8m by year 2100 (based on 1990 levels) is factored into
                                                                long-term land use planning, infrastructure design and
     Being a coastal shire, Noosa is particularly exposed       asset management.
     to a number of natural hazards associated with
     climate change. We can expect our built and natural        This places about 1600 existing dwellings in what will
     environments to be increasingly affected over time.        become storm tide hazard areas, and around 200
     Impacts may include:                                       dwellings located within coastal erosion hazard areas.
     •    more intense and more frequent storms and flooding    Through early adaptation planning, decision-making in
          impacting households, business and tourism            Noosa will continue to be proactive and well-informed,
     •    increased damage to buildings and infrastructure      and responsive to new information as it becomes
          from flooding, storm tides and coastal erosion        available. Our focus will be on minimising the impacts
                                                                of climate change, adapting to changes over time,
     •    prolonged heat waves and more days over 35
                                                                and increasing our ability to recover quickly in disaster
          degrees impacting human heath
                                                                events to minimise disruptions to our community and our
     •    increased bushfire risk                               economy.
     •    changes in the diversity and distribution of plants
                                                                In terms of bushfire hazards, Council carries out bushland
          and animals
                                                                reserve fire management to safeguard people and
     •    changes to agricultural productivity and crop         property in a way that also maintains and enhances
          suitability due to altered patterns of rainfall and   biodiversity. Existing conservation and bushland
          temperature                                           management programs are being reviewed in response
                                                                to climate changes.
     •    increased impact on biodiversity and agricultural
          land from invasive animal and plants.
                                                                Council’s Flood Management Plan sets out management
                                                                actions for managing catchment flooding, relating to
                                                                planning and policy, disaster management and providing
                                                                up-to-date flood information and records.




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