Climate-conscious development

One of our key roles in climate action is sustainable and climate-conscious development across the region.

We already support communities to reduce and adapt to climate risk, and we need your feedback on how climate hazards and risk, including greenhouse gas emissions reduction, should be managed in the Regional Policy Statement.

Key community concerns we heard from you in the previous engagement were:

• Health and wellbeing
• Air quality, healthy soils and abundant freshwater
• Flooding and other climate risks to people and infrastructure in high-hazard zones
• Healthy ecosystems to build climate resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Good public transport and cycleways.

What we can influence:

• Whether or not nature-based solutions are used to address a range of issues such as biodiversity loss, natural hazard risk, stormwater management, and emissions reduction
• Subdivision or land use change requirements including native vegetation requirements
• How climate change, natural hazards and waste minimisation are important considerations for the built environment impacts the affordability of new development.