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- Southern Flinders Regional Tourism Authority Wins National Award
- Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund Grants Now Open
- Yorke Peninsula Celebration of Employment Awards Presentation Dinner
- Expressions of Interest for Regional Development Australia Committees
- Climate Change Sector Agreement
- 2011 TAFE SA & Southern Flinders Ranges Barista Competition Results
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Climate Change Sector Agreement
The Climate Change Sector Agreement is an 'in principle' commitment for the Central Local Government Region, Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board, Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid North and the Government of South Australia to work collaboratively on climate change and sustainability.
The Climate Change Sector Agreement is an 'in principle' commitment for the Central Local Government Region, Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board, Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid North and the Government of South Australia to work collaboratively on climate change and sustainability.
Whilst regional partners (NYNRM, RDAYMN and CLGR) have already been working together on climate change for some years, including co-hosting a regional Climate Change Forum in Port Pirie in 2007, the Sector Agreement formalises this arrangement and also brings the State Government to the table.
Funding support to the value of $50,000 has been gained through the agreement from Department of Premier and Cabinet (Climate Change and Sustainability Division) towards development of our Regional Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment – in addition to funding $124,000 from the Natural Disaster Resilience program. The Vulnerability Assessment will be available in draft form over the next few weeks.
The benefit of working collaboratively with our partners means that we deal with the issue once from a ‘whole of region’ perspective, taking into account economic, social and environmental factors and allowing us to be more efficient with our resources. It also means that we are all working from the same information, rather than duplicating our efforts.
For our region the science suggests that climate change is likely to exacerbate already existing extremes such as bushfires, drought, coastal storm surges, summer flooding and heat waves over coming decades, meaning that they will slowly become more frequent and more intense as time goes on.
This means our agencies will need to factor these more frequent and intense climate extremes into long term planning around infrastructure maintenance, residential/industrial development, community and emergency services as well as environmental management.
The potential for new opportunities also exists for developing renewable energy in appropriate locations, with the need to work collaboratively with our regional partners and government to explore these further.
Released by:
Kelly-Anne Saffin
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid North
Phone: 1300 742 414
