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How can we build resilient communities and face climate impacts collectively? As part of the 2025 National Sustainability Festival, the Act on Climate collective has organised a Climate Adaptation Fair on 8 Feb at Borderlands...

Extreme heat kills more people in Australia than all other environmental disasters combined. And they are getting hotter and more regular. How can you keep yourself and those most at risk in your community safe? The...

The Victorian Government’s investment in climate adaptation needs to be larger and ongoing to enable the immediate and extensive adaptations to prepare for now unavoidable climate impacts. Victoria is at the forefront of emissions...

What a year it's been campaigning on climate adaptation! AoC has been: facilitating grassroots discussions on climate adaptation in communities, engaging Vic Gov to secure more funding for locally-led solutions, and collecting and sharing examples of what...

December 4, 2024 North East Vic calls for the Victorian Government to fund Community-Led Climate Adaptation The Victorian government is running an Inquiry into Climate Resilience, which is looking into the preparedness of communities...

December 3, 2024 Central Vic calls for the Victorian Government to fund Community-Led Climate Adaptation The Victorian government is running an Inquiry into Climate Resilience, which is looking into the preparedness of communities facing...

Act on Climate facilitated another community resilience mapping session hosted by the South Monash Legal Service team in Greater Dandenong in November 2024. The session highlighted that even when there are big obstacles communities...

Act on Climate facilitated a community resilience mapping session as part of North East Neighbourhood House Network's (NENHN) emergency management workshop at Mernda Uniting Church Hall in October 2024. The activity once again showed...

November 20, 2024 Melbourne calls for the Victorian Government to fund Community-Led Climate Adaptation The Victorian government is running an Inquiry into Climate Resilience, which is looking into the preparedness of communities facing climate...

Friends of the Earth attended the National Indigenous Disaster Resilience (NIDR) Gathering 2024 on Bundjalung Country in Lismore last month, September 2024. The gathering showcased Indigenous leadership and excellence in disaster resilience, emergency management,...