We know from experience, when a significant weather event happens in our district, like the storms in 2023, or the drought in 2020, these extreme events cause a lot of disruption in our day-to-day lives.

A changing climate means we are likely to experience more frequent and more severe episodes of these kinds of weather events.

To protect the ways of life we care most about, we need to build our understanding of the risks we face and work together to adapt and prepare, to ensure we can have safe and resilient communities in our district, for now and into the future.

Our community has a wealth of ideas, knowledge, experience and expertise about the places we live, work and play, and how best to look after our district into the future.

We want to bring this knowledge together – from those who have been on this land for generations, to those with new ideas and different perspectives.

Sharing your knowledge, concerns and priorities will help us and our communities make good decisions about the places and spaces we look after.

As part of our 2024-34 Long Term Plan, we identified our priorities for responding to climate risks and building the resilience of the services we provide to the community.

We formed the Climate Change Rivermap which shows our climate resilience goals and key actions we are taking across the services we provide to the community.

Our next step is working with the community to develop a Climate Resilience Strategy that captures our shared aspirations and priorities for protecting the places, people, taonga and ways of life we care about most.

Do you have some insights or thoughts you'd like to share? We invite you to answer three questions and take part in the climate ready conversation.