2020-08-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           11 AUGUST 2020


2                        CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE PLAN
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                             Principal Strategic Planner, Rebecca Britton
                                   Strategic Land Use Planning

Index                              ECM/Climate Change

Attachments                        1.   Project Plan
                                   2.   Community Engagement and Communications Plan
                                   3.   Climate Change Response Plan PCG Charter



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides an update on climate change planning currently underway and sets out a
process for developing a Climate Change Response Plan (CCRP) that considers both emissions
reduction and climate adaptation for Council and the community. The report seeks Council
endorsement of a Project Plan, revised Community and Stakeholder Engagement Plan, and
revised Project Control Group Charter (PCG).
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting on the Climate Change Response Plan dated 11 August 2020 and
A.                       Approve the Project Plan and Community and Stakeholder Engagement Plan provided at
                         Attachment 1 and 2 to the report; and
B.                       Approve the updated Climate Emergency Response Plan PCG Charter provided at
                         Attachment 3 to the report.


REPORT
Background
Council staff have made progress on the development of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan
including a literature review, background paper, and sector-based risk assessments. The detailed
Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan (CHAP) is a component of this work and is in its final stages of
drafting. The draft CHAP is proposed to go out for community consultation in the later part of this
year. The draft CHAP will be reported to Council separately.
The Zero Emissions Noosa Organisational Strategy (ZEN Organisational Plan) is focused on
getting Council’s corporate emissions reduced and much has been achieved in the past three
years of implementation. An audit of the strategy in late 2019 identified the need for significant
updates to the strategy to target outstanding actions and to incorporate broader community
emissions initiatives. This is consistent with the community emissions target set out in the
Environment Strategy - zero net emissions by 2026.
Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration in 2019 was the first for Queensland and amongst
hundreds of local governments world-wide sending a strong message to all levels of government
to take urgent action on climate change. It is appropriate that Council now takes a more
integrated approach to climate mitigation and adaptation as part of its climate emergency
response.




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