(Online) Info and Feedback Session for Banyule's Community Climate Resilience Plan

Join us to learn about Banyule's Community Climate Resilience Plan and provide your feedback before it is adopted

In this session we will:

• present the document and its action plan

• collect your feedback on the plan and actions through an activity and discussion 

Over the last two years, we drafted Banyule's first climate adaptation plan and combined it with our previous community climate action plan which focused largely on reducing carbon emissions.

The new Community Climate Resilience Plan focuses on our community climate mitigation (carbon emissions reduction) and climate adaptation (adjusting to climate impacts) efforts. This plan outlines how we aim to reduce our contributions to climate change, and how we will adjust to climate-related risks like extreme storms, heatwaves, floods, fires and their knock-on effects.

The plan is now open for community consultation with the aim of revising the document again to prepare a final draft for Council to adopt in late September 2026.

We are excited for you to see what we've done with your climate mitigation and adaptation ideas and to hear your feedback!

We created this plan by:

• better understanding Banyule's climate-related risks (see our technical document)

• conducting six-weeks of community engagement to help us design the plan (see our findings report)

• holding monthly co-design sessions with staff who provided input into the plan

• working with the Banyule Environment and Climate Action Advisory Committee made up of residents to prioritise our climate risks

• creating a best-practice methodology to create and implement the plan (see our methods document)

The Community Climate Resilience Plan is written to be a high-level document for a general audience. We have supporting documents like those linked above and a methodology document which goes into deeper detail about how we created the plan and why we took the approach we did. You can find all supporting documents in our document library on our Shaping Banyule page.

Please join us! Registration required.

Online option:
If you can't join us on the day, you may also review the plan and share your feedback on our Shaping Banyule engagement page from 15 July to 12 August 2026 on shaping.banyule.vic.gov.au/ClimateResponse/Adaptation

Contact lisa.conley@banyule.vic.gov.au with questions.

General notes: 

• We will send you a zoom link the day before the event.

Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as traditional custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region's history.

Our community is made up of diverse cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation and rights for everyone: principles which empower, foster harmony and increase the wellbeing of an inclusive community.