BIG Challenge: Have your say on the Noosa Climate Action Plan

We now have decades of research from multiple sources providing evidence that shows our climate is warming. Adapting to these changes is a challenge for the community.

Over the past year, the community of the Noosa Biosphere has been developing a collective adaptation action plan through Noosa Biosphere Ltd and facilitated by SEQ Catchments and the University of the Sunshine Coast. Priority actions have been identified that combine top-down and bottom-up approaches. Regardless of the cause of climate change, implementing this action plan will cause no regrets and deliver long-lasting benefits to the Noosa Biosphere community.

The Noosa Climate Action Plan offers the chance for the community and its government to view the Noosa Biosphere through a new window that turns threats into opportunities. Adapting to climate change requires an integrated and positive approach by a well-informed and cohesive community.

The draft plan, together with an appendix of coastal hazard area maps, is available here:

You can contribute to making this plan by:

• reviewing our draft plan and providing comments below
• attending our next community meeting at Peregian Community House, 255 David Low Way, on Thursday 27 October 2011 at 5.30pm. RSVP here
• keeping in touch with our activities through: www.noosabiosphere.org.au