Adaptation: changing behaviours, increasing resilience and upgrading assets to respond to the impacts of climate change.

Climate adaptation was identified as a priority in Council’s Community Climate Action Plan. It includes assessing the vulnerability of Banyule and its communities to climate change, reviewing and implementing regional actions of the NAGA Adaptation in the North report and identifying priorities to strengthen Banyule’s adaptation response.

We know that no matter how well we respond to climate change, we will continue to experience its impacts and will need to adapt to them. This means we should:

• think about how the weather can affect our choices
• support people who are more likely to suffer from climate change
• be guided by the best scientific evidence
• ask people who are affected by our choices what they think and want
• check back on our actions and be ready to change them if needed.

Banyule's Climate Adaptation Framework will be the first of its kind for Banyule City Council and is important for identifying priorities and actions to build resilience and strengthen Banyule’s approach to adaptation.