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Wangaratta Resilience Inquiry Hearing Photo Action
The Victorian Government's Inquiry into Climate Resilience has its last two public hearings this week - and one will be held in Wangaratta on Wednesday 4 December.
See you there for a quick photo action at 12pm?
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Members of the community can head along to the Inquiry hearing to hear local government from Wangaratta and Moira Shire, local businesses and SES, Benalla Sustainable Future Group, Goulburn Broken CMA, North East Region Sustainability Alliance, and others speak to the Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee about local climate resilience. See all the speakers here.
The hearing itself goes from 10am - 5.30pm, but we will be meeting community members outside at 12pm for a community photo.
Will you join us for a community photo outside the hearing with our beautiful Fund Community Climate Resilience banner?
When: Wednesday 4 December, 12 pm
Where: Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre (WPACC), 33-37 Ford Street, Wangaratta, 3677
This will help us show community support for our ask to Fund Community-led Climate Adaptation.
Can you be there? RSVP to be part of the community photo!
If you haven't already, please add your name to our demand for a permanent Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund.
Join us in calling on the Victorian government to support communities in building resilience to climate impacts!
33-37 Ford St
Yorta Yorta Country
Wangaratta, VIC 3677
Australia
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National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Gathering 2024
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, community recovery, and caring for Country.
It was a privilege to be present for the gathering’s Indigenous-led dialogue and the Indigenous knowledge that was shared. The gathering included on-Country activities, such as a cultural burn.
The event really highlighted how Indigenous people caring for the land reduces disaster risk, as well as the need for First Nations people to be not only part of the conversation, but leading the conversation around climate resilience. As stated by a speaker at the event, “the colonisers have shared their ideas, it’s time to turn that around and for mob to share their ideas.”
Read moreAct on Climate Garage Sale Fundraiser
WE'RE HAVING A GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER!
Act on Climate campaigns for climate justice with frontline communities, workers, and unions. The collective is building an alliance with grassroots groups towards climate resilience and local solutions with social justice at its core.
We are currently campaigning for adequate and ongoing funding for community-led adaptation to prepare us for locked-in climate impacts. Alongside our push for funding, we're assisting communities to start creating the solutions needed to keep people and Country safe.
We are self sustaining, independent and never accept money from political parties, big banks, or extractive industries. Fundraisers and memberships provide vital campaign resources for us to continue campaigning.
Support us by coming and grabbing a bargain at our Garage Sale Fundraiser on Saturday 7 December at Friends of the Earth HQ in Collingwood.
p.s. if you have anything you can donate to us to sell at our garage sale, let us know!
NOTE: Friends of the Earth is a COVID-safe workplace. At face-to-face meetings, we ask that attendees are fully vaccinated.
We acknowledge that the lands we meet and work on across so called Victoria are stolen from First Nations people. There can be no climate justice without justice for First Nations communities everywhere. Solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people under settler colonialism in so called Australia is critical in the fight for liberation from all oppressive systems that devalue and exploit people and the environment.
312 Smith St
Wurundjeri Country
Collingwood, VIC 3065
Australia
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Climate Adaptation Fair
SAVE THE DATE!: ADAPTATION FAIR
An Adaptation Fair is coming to town! Act on Climate is organising an Adaptation Fair - come along for all things climate adaptation: stalls, workshops, talks. More info coming soon! In the meantime, save the date!: 8 February 2025 at Borderlands Co-op in Footscray.
Keen to be involved in some way? Let us know! We're open to collaborations and want a wide range of stalls and speakers. Reach out to [email protected] with your ideas.
We acknowledge that the lands we meet and work on across so called Victoria are stolen from First Nations people. There can be no climate justice without justice for First Nations communities everywhere. Solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people under settler colonialism in so called Australia is critical in the fight for liberation from all oppressive systems that devalue and exploit people and the environment.
30A Pickett St
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung & Bunurong Country
Footscray, VIC 3011
Australia
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FCAV Adaptation Activator Call #3 (online) : Heat
Want to progress climate adaptation in your community? Act on Climate's Frontline Climate Alliance Vic (FCAV) is starting calls fully focused on supporting local leaders in Victorian communities wanting to help progress community-led climate adaptation locally.
Over the past 9 months, the alliance has been exploring climate adaptation in Victoria and bringing people together to learn about, amplify, and action community-led climate adaptation.
Now, the FCAV space is ready to step up local Climate Adaptation Activators wanting to make their community resilient in the face of unavoidable impacts. Community catalysts ready to take their region along on the journey of adaptation will be aided by the alliance to accomplish this.
We will work together to share ideas, resources and solidarity for building this resilience locally to keep those most at risk in your community safe.
On this third call, we plan to do a deep dive into adaptations for heat/heatwaves, considering the forecast for this Summer.
We will share examples of adaptation initiatives being implemented to keep people safe from extreme heat and consider how we can help those in our communities who are most at risk from this climate impact over the Summer.
We will also make space to hear from you - please bring along any questions or challenges the hive mind on the call might be able to help you with.
The Frontline Climate Alliance Vic is building grassroots power for community-led adaptation solutions, and building pressure on the Vic government to act on climate adaptation while preparing our communities for now unavoidable climate impacts.
RSVP to this call and come along to hear how you can progress your local community's climate adaptation!
This meeting is online. Hope to see you on the call!
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We acknowledge that the lands we meet and work on across so called Victoria are stolen from First Nations people. Climate justice means land back and there can be no climate justice without justice for First Nations communities everywhere. Act on Climate values the leadership of elders past and present in caring for country. Solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people under settler colonialism in so called Australia is critical in the fight for liberation from all oppressive systems that devalue and exploit people and the environment.
East Gippsland Resilience Mapping with EGCAN
Act on Climate and EGCAN's community resilience mapping activity in East Gippsland really highlighted the area's exposure to climate risk due to its vastness and isolation and resulted in the identification of opportunities for improvement and development.
Good climate resilience strategies that keep community members safe - this is the outcome of Community Resilience Mapping. The activity aids the exploration and understanding of a specific area's risk to climate impacts. It identifies the residents most at risk, where a community's has strong climate resilience, and where the gaps are in its climate impact readiness.
We're offering support to anyone who wants to facilitate the activity in their own community. Check out our Community Resilience Mapping Facilitation Guide, which you can use to guide the running of your own event!
Read on for more about the East Gippsland community resilience mapping event and outcomes, as well as more about EGCAN's Climate Ready Communities initiative and its next steps.
Read moreCommunity Resilience Mapping: How To
Good climate resilience strategies that keep community members safe - this is the outcome of Community Resilience Mapping. The activity aids the exploration and understanding of a specific area's risk to climate impacts. It identifies the residents most at risk, where a community's has strong climate resilience, and where the gaps are in its climate impact readiness.
Read on for more on community resilience mapping and how to map your community's climate impact preparedness.
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Frankston Resilience Mapping with Sweltering Cities
Act on Climate's first community resilience mapping activity saw highly engaged attendees develop innovative, clear, and ambitious climate adaptation ideas for Frankston. The collective facilitated this activity at Sweltering Cities' HeatSafe Frankston event in February.
Good climate resilience strategies that keep community members safe - this is the outcome of Community Resilience Mapping. The activity aids the exploration and understanding of a specific area's risk to climate impacts. It identifies the residents most at risk, where a community's has strong climate resilience, and where the gaps are in its climate impact readiness.
We're offering support to anyone who wants to facilitate the activity in their own community. Check out our Community Resilience Mapping Facilitation Guide, which you can use to guide the running of your own event!
Read on for more about how Frankston mapped its community resilience and the outcomes.
Read moreClimate Resilience Inquiry: Make a Submission
The Victorian government is running an Inquiry into Climate Resilience, which will look into the preparedness of communities facing climate disasters across the state. This is an opportunity for you to share your experiences, stories, concerns and ideas for climate adaptation. Do you think Victoria is prepared for incoming climate impacts? What do you think the state needs to do to prepare?
Our submission guide below lines out the submission process and makes it easy for you to have your say to ensure VIC's climate adaptation is community led...
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Add Your Name: A Community Climate Adaptation Fund for Victoria
To prepare for locked-in climate impacts, we need ongoing funding for community-led adaptation work.
Will you call on the Victorian government to support communities in building resilience to climate impacts?
When it comes to tackling the climate crisis, every inch of a degree of warming that we can prevent by rapidly reducing emissions still matters. But climate impacts like bushfires, floods, drought and extreme weather are already inflicting blows on communities around the country. We know we need to prepare for a certain amount of warming that is locked in.
The majority of funding to address climate impacts is currently put into disaster relief, but we can’t only be on a reactive footing to climate impacts. Communities want funding in advance of climate disasters to build resilience and lessen the damage of impacts when they hit.
We call on the Victorian government to establish a permanent Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund (VCCAF). The fund would distribute money annually to community groups that apply to undertake localised adaptation and resilience projects. This approach would help the government meet its obligations to the Victorian Climate Change Act (2017) and ensure Victorian communities can enhance their capacity to adapt to impacts.
When the Victorian government has provided one-off grant programs for communities to carry out adaptation work in the past, they have been dramatically oversubscribed. It is clear that there is strong demand for support of local solutions that empower communities.
The government can build on its previous successful grant scheme models by establishing a permanent VCCAF. The nature of the fund would take into account the highly localised nature of climate impacts, and accordingly take a bottom-up approach of dispersing money to local groups that know the unique needs of their communities well.
Add your name to show your support for a permanent Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund.