Local government is on the frontline of dealing with climate change.

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NAGA councils are at the forefront of responding to the impacts of climate change.

In 2014, we conducted an integrated regional vulnerability assessment to identify populations, infrastructure and assets at particular risk from climate change in northern metropolitan Melbourne. 

This assessment forms the basis of our regional climate change adaptation plan, Adaptation in the North. 

The plan includes:

• projected climatic changes and associated impacts for the region; 
• services, infrastructure, ecosystems and populations most vulnerable to these impacts; and
• adaptation actions required to reduce these vulnerabilities.

​The full report is accompanied by an appendix containing more detailed information about the vulnerabilities and risks faced by NAGA councils.

Documents

• The City of Yarra has released tools and a training package from its award-winning Embedding Adaptation project. Includes case studies, guides for assessing the impact of climate change on projects and buildings, and a quadruple bottom line reporting tool.
• NAGA has produced an Adaptation Guide for developing local adaptation plans. This details some considerations for adaptation planning and a synthesis of typical climate change adaptation actions across council service areas. 
• Emergency Management Victoria has released its Disaster Recovery Toolkit for Local Government, the result of a collaborative project with ten councils hardest hit by the 2009 bushfires.
• Wyndham City Council's new Water Action Plan 2015-2020  - the first local government water strategy in Victoria to make climate change adaptation a central focus.
• The Department of Human Services has updated its Vulnerable people in emergencies policy.