2022-11-14 GC Agenda - Item 8 - Attachment 1 - Operational Plan update Q1 22_23

Implement Climate Change   Responds to Council’s climate change       Strategic Land   Regular meetings with CCRP – CRG                On track
Response Plan              emergency declaration and helps Noosa      Use Planning     CCRP Community Grants opened
                           Shire to adapt to and prepare for the                       Developing strong partnership with
                           potential effects of climate change over                    sustainability professional across SEQ in
                           time                                                        formation of regional climate alliance.
                                                                                       Forming a working group to revise and
                                                                                       update the Noosa Design Principles to
                                                                                       incorporate climate change considerations.
                                                                                       Working with videographers to document
                                                                                       polystyrene disaster to provide strong links
                                                                                       with climate risks and inform future
                                                                                       mitigation.
                                                                                       The Regional Climate Action Roadmap is
                                                                                       complete and final report being sent to
                                                                                       ESG/ET and we continue to partner with
                                                                                       SCC on joint website and industry, youth
                                                                                       and Indigenous engagement.
                                                                                       Two-year project with ANU on nature-based
                                                                                       solutions to flood risk has started.
                                                                                       Partnered with disaster management team
                                                                                       to acquire and build on Simtable and
                                                                                       Climate Wise Communities engagement
                                                                                       tools to educate community on bushfire and
                                                                                       flood preparedness.
                                                                                       Partnered with UQ on a coastal wetlands
                                                                                       restoration prioritisation study for
                                                                                       biodiversity resilience, flood resilience and
                                                                                       blue carbon.
                                                                                       Coordinating with DES on two air quality
                                                                                       sensors deployed in Noosa with real time
                                                                                       monitoring.
                                                                                       Discussions with UniSC and CSIRO
                                                                                       continue for heat risk assessment at both
                                                                                       Shire-wide and local scales.
                                                                                       Reviewing the scope for updating Noosa
                                                                                       River & Six Mile Creek Flood Studies with
                                                                                       AECOM and applying for Queensland
                                                                                       Reconstruction Authority grant funding for
                                                                                       updating the Flood Studies and Flood
                                                                                       Management Plan.