Support councils to assess and manage climate risks, this fund can support projects such as:

• Councils undertake preliminary work to identify, map, and understand their climate risks
• Development of a climate risk management strategy, applying the climate risk management framework.
• Build and develop a detailed understanding of risk
• Development of a Climate Action Plan
• Strengthen local governments’ capacity to respond to and manage climate opportunities and risks;
• Delivery of engagement and consultation activities in local communities to inform council climate policies;
• Develop a framework or platform for internal reporting and external disclosures on climate-related risks and activities;
• Deliver a series of community forums to understand challenges and opportunities from local businesses in climate mitigation and adaptation;
• Flood study to assess vulnerable assets with future climate hazards.
• Implement actions for local communities, businesses and industries to be climate-ready with scope 3 emissions reporting
• Support community-wide actions to harness low-carbon economy opportunities;
• Energy efficiency assessments for wastewater treatment facilities.

Eligible Applicants: Councils, Climate Alliances, ROC's