Our climate is changing
Hotter and more extreme weather is already harming the people, places, plants and animals we love. Unfortunately, this is predicted to worsen in coming years.
Heatwaves are impacting our health and wellbeing. Drier conditions, more severe storms and rainfall events, put our homes, businesses, and community spaces at risk. The urban heat island effect happens when our suburbs become much warmer than rural areas because of things like roads, buildings, and cars, that trap heat and make it hard for the city to cool down. Bushfire smoke and air pollution can make summer in our city less comfortable to live in.
Our Vision is that, by 2030
Outcomes of the Foundational Action Plan 2023-2025
Overall, the implementation of the Foundational Action Plan from July 2023 to June 2025 was successful.
We met our targets in our progress scorecard and have improved out understanding of climate impacts in Merri-bek.
See what we have achieved
Visit the outcomes page to check out our achievements and learn about what we are doing next.
Community Resources on Extreme Heat
Fact Sheets and Assessments
Helpful links
Project history
2022
We engaged with the community to develop the Merri-bek Climate Risk Strategy 2022 – 2030. The Strategy describes how Council will plan and respond to climate change.
2023
We engaged again on the Foundational Action Plan. The Foundational Action Plan describes the activities we will undertake to make sure we are delivering the strategy.
2024
Midway through our implementation of the Foundational Action Plan we reviewed what we had heard and learned so far.
2025
We developed the Climate Emergency Action Plan
that includes priority actions that help implement our
Climate Risk Strategy. This helps to integrate and streamline our plans
and action.