CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION SURVEY

In 2018, the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and the Environment (formerly OEH) and LGNSW surveyed member councils on what’s needed to help minimise the impact of climate change on NSW communities. The 2018 survey built on the findings of the 2015 survey.

• NSW Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Survey - Key Findings 2018 (PDF, 3.3MB)
• Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Survey - Final Report, July 2015 (PDF, 1MB)

Resources developed by councils

The following reports are outputs of projects funded through the Increasing Resilience to Climate Change program:

• Bland Shire Council's Building Climate Resilient Unsealed Roads (Unsealed Road Treatment Trial) report
• Cumberland City Council's and Western Sydney University's Guide to Climate-Smart Playgrounds: Research Findings and Application
• Hunter Joint Organisation’s Climate Change Integrated Planning & Reporting (IP&R) Package provides guidance on embedding climate change into the development of Community Strategic Plans, Delivery Programs and Operational Plans by providing user friendly, practical tools and templates.
• Randwick, Woollahra and Waverley Council's Future Proofing Residential Development to Climate Change
• Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Council's Urban Heat Planning Toolkit to help strengthen planning provisions to reduce the impacts of heat
• Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Council's Cool Suburb's tool for building heat resilience in urban planning and development