This month we've been reflecting on all we have already achieved this year and all the exciting plans we have for the rest of the year. From our fantastic Climate Adaptation Fair to researching, writing and releasing our Climate Resilience Inquiry report, we have been at the forefront of progressing climate adaptation in Victoria. Read more about all we have achieved below!
We're on the way to creating climate prepared communities in Vic through empowering communities and pressuring the government. Let's keep the momentum going!
We're at a critical point in our campaign and we've got big plans going forward.
Right now our collective is gearing up to visit communities to galvanise local climate adaptation through education, inspiration and support. We are empowering communities to develop their own climate resilience and adaptation plans... but we need your help. Can you help us by making a small but critical tax-deductible donation?
Even $10 or less helps - no donation is too small! It all adds up.
Your contribution will also enable us to continue pushing for increased funding of climate adaptation. Our pressure on the Vic Gov to provide adequate funding for community-led climate adaptation is working!
With climate impacts here now, we can't afford to let this momentum go to waste! We need your support to keep us campaigning.
Unable to support us monetarily this time? More ways to support us and others in preparing for locked-in climate impacts below!
Keen to join our campaign or learn some organising skills? Come to a collective meeting - no experience needed, just passion for climate justice.
Over the last year, Act on Climate has delivered strong impacts, such as…
- Our Climate Adaptation Fair attracted people from across the state. Over 200 attendees, through stalls, workshops and talks, learned and shared ideas for addressing climate impacts
- Our fingerprints were all over the Victorian Government's Climate Resilience Inquiry, with us ensuring that a wide range of voices and the desperate need for adaptation funding were heard
- The Victorian Government is aware of and interested in our Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund (VCCAF) proposal
- Our Monthly Frontline Climate Alliance Vic (FCAV) Adaptation Activator online calls, which amplify and action community-led climate adaptation
- Our facilitation of community resilience mapping sessions, which identify local climate resilience projects to keep everyone safe
As climate impacts become more frequent and more harsh, communities will need systems in place to look after one another and reduce the harm.
Now is a critical time to be building resilience and solidarity in the face of now unavoidable climate impacts.
Help us continue to create climate adapted communities through:
- a second Climate Adaptation Fair in 2026,
- more community resilience mapping and outreach all around Victoria, and
- getting our Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund (VCCAF) over the line and securing it in the Victorian budget!
All donations go directly towards Act on Climate’s on-the-ground work building climate resilience.
If you have a few spare bucks, please chip in. Donations over $2 are tax deductible and every dollar goes a long way at Friends of the Earth.
Make a tax-deducible donation so we can continue having an impact
Thank you for your support! We can't do this work without it.
How can we build energy resilience?
Join us for our next Adaptation Activator call on July 3 at 6pm to find out! Pat Simons from Yes 2 Renewables will talk on building energy resilience with renewables. The shift to renewables presents opportunities to enhance climate adaptation, as well as mitigation.
Come along to hear how and share your ideas and challenges.
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Whittlesea Resilience Mapping with WCAN
We facilitated a community resilience mapping session hosted by the Whittlesea Climate Action Network (WCAN) in May. The session was invigorating, with many great actionable ideas coming up, and passion to start working on them.
Having appropriate and relevant climate resilience initiatives are key to keeping communities safe. Community resilience mapping helps identify these. We offer support to anyone wanting to facilitate this activity in their community - let us know if you're interested!
Read more about the outcomes of our Whittlesea mapping session here.
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Please chip in to our EOFY fundraiser to help us continue campaigning and to keep people safe from climate impacts. Even $10 helps - it all adds up! We are half way to our target of $6000. Can you chip in to help us reach it? |
📣 Actions & Solidarity ✊
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🗓️ Upcoming Events
- 28 Jun, 10am-4pm, FoEM Collingwood: AoC Garage Sale Fundraiser
- 16 Jul, 10am-12pm, Online: Climate Media Centre's Media 101 training
- 23 Jul, 7:30-9:00pm, Marwal Centre, Balwyn North: Urban Forests: What are they, & why they need protection
- 16-18 Oct, Footscray: Regenerating Community, Community Development in Vic
Help us keep campaigning!Act on Climate needs ongoing donations and support to continue campaigning around and progressing climate adaptation. Please help us continue our work preparing communities for locked-in climate impacts by making a tax deductible donation to Act on Climate here. |
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Together we can prepare communities for now unavoidable climate impacts. Reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss any details about the work we're involved in. |
Stay tuned for further updates from Friends of the Earth's Act on Climate collective as we campaign for community-led climate adaptation by signing up for campaign updates here.
If you haven't already, please add your name to the call for a Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund. We need community-led climate adaptation that is continuously and adequately funded. This funding will enable communities to fulfil their plans to build resilient communities in a changing climate and keep those most at risk safe.