Queensland’s climate adaptation strategy
The Queensland Government is committed to delivering comprehensive adaptation actions that mitigate the risk of potential economic, social and environmental impacts to Queenslanders from climate change.
The Queensland Climate Adaptation Strategy (Q-CAS) 2017–2030 (PDF, 2MB) (currently under review) provides a framework for climate resilience and climate risk management in Queensland's diverse communities, landscapes and economies.
It provides a coordinated approach to climate adaptation within state government, and by working collaboratively with industry, local government and communities.
Sector adaptation plans
The Queensland Government supported the development of 7 industry-led sector adaptation plans (SAPs) to address the specific climate adaptation needs of key sectors.
SAPs outline the adaptation measures relevant to each sector, address complex issues and make sure adaptation measures complement each other.
Read SAPs by sector:
- Agriculture sector adaptation plan (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Biodiversity and ecosystems sector adaptation plan (PDF, 2.6MB)
- Building a resilient tourism industry: Queensland tourism climate response plan. (PDF, 3.3MB)
- Built environment and infrastructure sector adaptation plan (PDF, 1MB)
- Emergency management sector adaptation plan for climate change (PDF, 3.3MB)
- Human health and wellbeing sector adaptation plan (PDF, 1.8MB)
- Small and medium enterprise sector adaptation plan (PDF, 3.1MB).
Guideline for state government departments
The Queensland Government collaborated with Griffith University's Queensland Climate Ready Initiative to develop guidance materials to help government departments respond to key challenges generated by climate change.
The Climate Risk Management Guideline for Queensland Government Departments (PDF, 717.32 KB) and its appendices provide practical how-to guidance. Departments can use them to understand, consider and manage the climate risks that are relevant to them. They can use the guideline and the:
- templates in appendices 1–5 and 10–18 (PDF, 2136.85 KB) to develop climate risk profiles, identify opportunities and manage responses
- questions and prompts in appendices 6–9 (XLSX, 376.49 KB) to envision, identify and prioritise their climate risks.
Local government programs
Local governments are the front line for climate adaptation. They have close connections with communities, businesses and industry and lead planning and development.
The Queensland Government has partnered with the Local Government Association of Queensland to support local government responses to climate change through:
- Queensland Climate Resilient Councils, a program to strengthen internal council decision-making processes and provide essential resources to support regional climate adaptation.
- QCoast2100, a program to develop an adaptation strategy for coastal hazards such as erosion, storm tide inundation and the projected effect of rising sea levels.
Community toolkits
Community members, including households and small businesses, have a role to play in climate change adaptation.
You can assess the climate risk to your assets and activities, consider climate risks in your investment decisions and build your preparedness for climate risks and extreme events.
We’ve developed climate change risk management tools to help your household or small business through this process.
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- Last updated
- 16 September 2024