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5/10/2015
Climate change adaptation in Victoria
Callie Donaldson – Senior Manager, Climate Change Policy
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Victoria – at a glance
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Australia’s smallest mainland state Population: 5.4 million people Geographic area: 227, 416 square kilometres (about the size of Britain)
Key industries: - Agriculture - Tourism - Education - Manufacturing - Energy
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Climate change impacts on Victoria
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Enabling effective adaptation
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Adaptation requires dealing with: - Complexity - Uncertainty - Dynamic, interacting systems - Diverse levels of awareness, understanding & capacity to respond - Evolving science and practice Today, I will provide a brief overview of how Victoria’s adaptation legislation, policy and programs seek to address these challenges by: - Providing guiding principles - Enabling continuous, iterative improvement - Fostering partnerships and ongoing, genuine engagement - Seeking to clarify roles and responsibilities of different players - Building knowledge and capacity - Tailoring approach to context, capacity
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LEGISLATION Victorian Climate Change Act 2010
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1. Climate change principles:
- Informed decision making - Integrated decision making - Risk management - Complementarity - Equity - Community engagement
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LEGISLATION Victorian Climate Change Act 2010
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2. Decision making requirements “must have regard to the potential impacts of climate change relevant to the decision or action; and (b) the potential contribution to Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions”
3. Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Plan: - Must be developed every four years - Must set out:
- Latest climate science and observed changes in climate - Risks and impacts for Victoria - Government adaptation measures and priorities - Roles and responsibilities - Review of the previous Adaptation Plan
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POLICY State-wide Adaptation Plan
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• Key impacts of climate change
• Principles
• Work occurring across portfolios
• Priorities of government
• Responsibilities
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POLICY State-wide Adaptation Plan
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Priorities of government 1. Managing risks to public assets and
services
2. Managing risks to natural assets and natural resource-based industries
3. Building disaster resilience
4. Improving access to research and and information
5. Supporting private sector adaptation
6. Strengthening partnerships with local govt and communities
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Partnering with local government
• Established agreement between state and local government
• Range of engagement forums and methods • Targeting barriers to local government adaptation • Grants (targeted to different capacities) • Promoting partnerships (state and local
government, researchers, community & private sector)
• Learning and knowledge sharing • Clarifying priorities and responsibilities • Climate change mentors
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PROGRAM (case study) Local government climate change mentors
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Shane Gladigau
Kath Gosden
Narelle Martin
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PROGRAM (case study) Local government climate change mentors
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The initiative delivers: - One-on-one engagement with all 79 Victorian councils to
understand barriers, priorities and context… This information is fed into policy and program development.
- Four targeted deliverables based on this knowledge:
- An online information portal - Training in how to make service delivery more resilient - Communications and engagement - Conduit into policy development
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PROGRAM DELIVERS LOCAL PROJECTS Building resilience
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LESSONS LEARNT
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Adaptation decision making improved
Two-way exchange for well informed
policy and action
Knowledge brokering
Place-based
support
Integration of adaptation in whole-of-council operation
Complement and build on existing adaptation efforts
Stronger collaboration and networks
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LESSONS LEARNT
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- Providing guiding principles
- Enabling continuous, iterative improvement
- Fostering partnerships and ongoing, genuine engagement
- Seeking to clarify roles and responsibilities of different players
- Building knowledge and capacity
- Tailoring approach to context and capacity