The City of West Torrens is currently developing a new Climate Adaption Strategy and is seeking your feedback to ensure the Strategy remains relevant for the community and, in doing so supports a City where people want to live, work and enjoy life.

Purpose of the Climate Adaption Strategy

This Climate Adaptation Strategy 2022-2027 (The Strategy) is the City of West Torrens' framework to both mitigate and adapt to our changing climate. Responsibilities for implementation will be shared across the organisation and these will also complement the work already undertaken, and the collaboration we have with others across the region, such as the western region of council's climate adaptation program 'AdaptWest' and the Western Adelaide Emergency Management Committee. In doing so, this Strategy will support those efforts and identify local opportunities that we as a Council may be able to influence.

This Strategy primarily focuses on Council's own facilities and operations, while also supporting the community to take action.

Climate mitigation and adaption - objectives and initiatives

Our pathway for reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

Key objectives have been developed for climate mitigation and adaptation, addressing both mitigation (actions that reduce emissions) and adaptation (actions that build resilience).

These will be delivered through a range of long term and short term initiatives and a continual improvement approach to how we govern, plan, operate and deliver services.

Six key objectives are outlined below:

1. Strong Climate Governance and Organisational Culture - a focus on mitigation by reducing emissions and adaptation to increase our adaptive capacity.
2. Community Resilience - a focus on mitigation by reducing emissions and adaptation to increase our adaptive capacity.
3. A Low Carbon Council - a focus on mitigation by reducing emissions.
4. A Water Sensitive City - a focus on adaptation to build resilience.
5. A Green and Cool City - a focus on adaptation to build resilience.
6. A Circular Economy - a focus on mitigation by reducing emissions.

View documents

• This Climate Adaptation Strategy 2022-2027
  

How to have your say

Provide your feedback using any of the following:

• Online
  Use the online feedback form at the bottom of this page.
  
  
• Post
  Complete the downloadable feedback form or prepare a written submission and mail to:
  'This Climate Adaptation Strategy Strategy submission'
  City of West Torrens
  165 Sir Donald Bradman Drive
  Hilton 5033
  
  
• Email
  Complete the downloadable feedback form or prepare a written submission and email csu@wtcc.sa.gov.au with the subject heading 'This Climate Adaptation Strategy submission'.
  
  
• Information displays
  Project information displays and surveys will be setup at the following locations for the duration of the consultation.
  • Hamra Centre Library foyer
    1 Brooker Tce, Hilton SA 5033
    
  • Civic Centre
    165 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton SA 5033

All responses must be received by 5pm, Friday 4 November 2022.

Additional information

Team Leader Sustainability on 8416 6259 / email nobroin@wtcc.sa.gov.au

Council’s use of personal information

Please note that the City of West Torrens is a public authority which is bound by the Local Government Act 1999, and other relevant legislation, to retain information and to make certain information publicly available. In some instances, this will require Council to publish personal information such as names and addresses of those whose information it holds. If you have any questions regarding the use of your personal information please contact Council on (08) 8416 6333.

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