Climate change may be the greatest collective challenge that our children and grandchildren and young people will face in their lifetimes.
Discover some of the projects and initiatives ADAPT Loddon Mallee has been supporting.
Climate change may be the greatest collective challenge that our children and grandchildren and young people will face in their lifetimes.
Discover some of the projects and initiatives ADAPT Loddon Mallee has been supporting.
Climate change may be the greatest collective challenge that our children and grandchildren and young people will face in their lifetimes.
Discover some of the projects and initiatives ADAPT Loddon Mallee has been supporting.
Climate change may be the greatest collective challenge that our children and grandchildren and young people will face in their lifetimes.
Discover some of the projects and initiatives ADAPT Loddon Mallee has been supporting.
Our plan to get climate ready
A place-based approach to adaptation
Because of the large geographical spread of the Loddon Mallee region, the unique nature of many of our communities and the vast scale of climate impacts, adaptation responses need to be tailored to local needs.
In creating a regional plan to get climate ready, ADAPT Loddon Mallee has taken a place-based, learn-by-doing approach. We wanted to empower local community members to lead adaptation activities, create partnerships and knowledge-sharing networks, and have ownership in the development and implementation of the plan.
The plan documents what we have learnt about place-based adaptation over the past two years, tells the stories of local initiatives that are supporting regional climate change adaptation, and identifies a range of key goals, objectives and priority actions for the next five years in the Loddon Mallee region. These have been developed by ADAPT Loddon Mallee in collaboration with program participants, community delegates and experts in the region.
Some of the priority actions identified in this plan can be undertaken by communities and individuals and others will require the support of different levels of government, partner agencies, financial institutions and industry.
Over the next five years, ADAPT Loddon Mallee will support the implementation of these initiatives through annual delivery plans and continue to ensure local voices are represented in planning for climate change.
Acknowledgements to Contributors
Thank you to the members of the Regional Climate Leadership Program, Youth Climate Network and Youth Climate Advisory Board, the Climate Ready People and Places Community Advisory Boards, 3CA grant recipients, community members, business owners, our partner organisations and colleagues across multiple government and non-government organisations working to support our region to become climate ready. The development of the Loddon Mallee Climate Ready plan was supported by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and funded through the Sustainability Fund – Supporting Our Regions to Adapt program.
We acknowledge and respect Victorian Traditional Owners as the original custodians of Victoria’s land and waters, their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and traditional practices. We are committed to enabling self-determination for all Aboriginal people and aim to work closely with the Aboriginal community to drive action and improve outcomes especially in the context of a changing climate.