NEWS & EVENTS
Let’s Talk About the Weather
Landcare Buloke and Northern Grampians and Make a Change Australia, bring you LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER with support from DELWP and in partnership with Greentime Nursery, Community Resource Centre, Kara Kara Regnerative Agriculture Group, and St Arnaud Raillery...
Joseph Majkut weighs in on IPCC report
Climate risk expert Maarten van Aalst talks with Joseph Majkut, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program Director, about key findings from the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and...
Upcoming events
As part of the Risk, Profitability and Resilience in a Changing Climate series, learn how to manage for what you want at the Contemporary Grazing with Graeme Hand session on Friday 1 April and the Implementing Contemporary Grazing on Farm Field Day on Thursday 31...
Climate change impacts on food supply
Empty supermarket shelves have become almost commonplace in Australia over the past few months, as floods and COVID have converged to break down our supply chains.So what do our supply chains look like in a changing climate, especially in light of the latest...
ANU study finds that adaptation is key
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns of the effects of climate change to all parts of the world, all sectors and people in a variety of settings. Report co-author and IPCC Vice Chair, Professor Mark Howden from The Australian...
Victoria’s wheat crops and climate change
Monash University recently shared about the findings of investigations into the impact of climate change on wheat yields and farm profitability in Victoria's major grain-producing regions - the Mallee and Wimmera regions. Australia’s agricultural sector is a major...
Urban Trees Event
Ararat Landcare is hosting a free workshop on Tuesday 1 March on the benefits and challenges of managing trees in our backyards and streets in a changing climate.
Green Blue Infrastructure Guide for Small Towns
As part of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Yearly Delivery Plan Projects, the Integrated Water Management Planning for small towns across the Central Highlands region was funded in 2020. To address the impacts of climate change, this project...
Adaptation Action Plans
Seven landmark Climate Change Adaptation Action Plans and a new publication, Building Victoria’s Climate Resilience have been announced by the Victorian Government. The plans set out current and future actions for seven key sectors, which are defined by Victoria’s...
David Drage, Farmer
Adaptation is protecting agricultural land, managing risks and profitability, resilience, and opportunities in a changing climate. David Drage, a farmer located north-east of Warracknabeal, is part of the Regional Climate Adaptation Group who led the development of...
Air Capture machine helping to adapt to climate change
The world's first commercial direct air capture (DAC) plant is designed to remove thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas every year and then inject it deep underground. Find out about Direct Air Capture in the ABC news article here.
Peter Gell, Professor of Environmental Science
In the Grampians region, Adaption is collaboration between the state government, local government, agencies, industry and communities including Tradition Owner corporations, water corporations, catchment management authorities and others to adapt to a changing...
Empowering communities to respond to climate change
Victorian communities across the state are being empowered to prepare and adapt to the impacts of climate change with the development of six new community-led action plans. The Regional Adaptation Strategies provide practical ways for communities to adapt to the...
Webinar: Cool Soil Initiative
The Cool Soil Initiative is a public-private partnership with funding from Mars Petcare, Kellogg’s, Manildra Group, Allied Pinnacle, Charles Sturt University and the Food Agility CRC. The Cool Soil Initiative has been developed as a framework to enable key industry...
Climate Change Conference underway
With the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference underway, we're excited to see the Victorian Government showcase our strong and ambitious leadership in climate change. Find out more about how the Victorian Government is taking action on climate change as our...
Managing bushfire risk in a rapidly changing climate – panel event
Chris Hardman, Chief Fire Officer, Forest Fire Management Victoria Dr Sarah Harris, Manager, Research and Development, CFA (Country Fire Authority) Associate Professor Gary Sheridan, Principal Research Fellow, Ecosystems and Forest Sciences, The University of...
24th Annual Wimmera Biodiversity Seminar
The 24th Annual Wimmera Biodviversity Seminar was held over 5 Thursdays in September 2021. You can watch the recordings of the presentations based on the theme Farming and Biodiversity below. Seminar 1: Angie Haslem (La Trobe University) - Tracking the recovery of...
Miami’s first Chief Heat Officer
Jane Gilbert recently stepped into a job that had never been established before. In May, she became Miami-Dade County’s chief heat officer, the first in the U.S. — and in the world. Read more about Miami's first Chief Heat Officer at Bloomberg.com
Restoring habitat on marginal farming land
A national plan to restore habitat on marginal farming land would fight climate change, prevent species loss and put money in farmers’ pockets, according to a team of University of Queensland-led scientists. The research has been published in the Journal of Applied...
#Film4Climate
Three Seconds is the #Film4Climate 1st Prize Short Film Winner An epic presentation of where humanity stands today and how we must all work together to make it to the fourth second.
Climate Risk Governance Guide
You can download a copy of the Climate Risk Governance Guide here. This guide is an introductory resource for directors on climate change risk governance. It provides a plain-language introduction to fundamental climate change concepts, and considers this issue in the...
Hannah French talks about the Future Surface exhibition
Despite the challenges of 2020/21 and the re-schedule and then cancellation of the official launch, the Future Surface augmented reality exhibition was displayed around Horsham for community members to enjoy. Part of the 'Art is..' festival, supported by the...
Food waste and climate change
Tackling food waste is vital to reducing carbon emissions and should be at the forefront of Australia’s climate policies, advocates say. It is estimated that 7.3 million tonnes of food is wasted in Australia each year, costing the economy more than $20 billion...
Resilience roles go mainstream in the US
‘Chief resilience officer' was a novel title a decade ago but is now a fixture across many major city and county governments in America seeking to address the impacts of climate change and related adaptation challenges. Find out more about the 100 Resilience Cities...
How communities in QLD are adapting
Climate change means more floods, fires and heatwaves. Some communities in Queensland are adapting including Logan City, south of Brisbane, which has been recognised for its urban greening efforts. They increased the city's tree canopy by 12 per cent, going from 41...
Making solar panels more efficient
An ideal scenario in Sydney has allowed researchers to compare the efficiency of solar panels on roofs when surrounded by green plants, or sitting directly on the roof. Details of the study, led by Peter Irga from the University of Technology Sydney and funded by the...
Climate and Fire Risk: CFA and BOM research
Human-induced climate change is the most likely driver behind Australia’s earlier and longer fire seasons, according to new research by CFA and Bureau of Meteorology researchers. Visit the CFA news site to find out more about research into 44 years of fire weather...
IPCC release Sixth Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential...
How farmers on the Eyre Peninsula are adapting
If the climate becomes drier, farmers in some parts of the Eyre Peninsula could find it harder to make a living. But they’re already adapting to an uncertain future of climate change and dwindling townships. ABC Science Report Belinda Smith shares about Farmers...
How has farm productivity been impacted by climate change?
According to Abares Insights, Issue 3 2021 the shift towards higher temperatures and lower winter rainfall has had significant effects on many farmers. Find out more about the effects of recent and possible future changes in climate in the profitability of Australian...
Building a climate-resilient Victoria
The Victorian Government is preparing Adaptation Action Plans to build our climate resilience in areas either vulnerable to climate change impacts or essential to ensure Victoria is prepared. These areas or ‘systems’ are Primary Production, Built...
Hepburn aims for zero-net emissions
Hepburn Shire is Victoria’s first Z-NET community, planning for a transition to net zero energy by 2025 and net zero emissions by 2030. The main towns in Hepburn Shire are Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Glenlyon, Hepburn Springs and Trentham. The Zero Net Emission...
Rainbow weather station
Following the identification of a gap in the country’s weather radar network, the Bureau of Meteorology, Agriculture Victoria, Wimmera Development Association and other key community partners have worked together to establish a weather radar for the Wimmera Southern...
East Grampians Rural Pipeline
GWMWater and the Ararat Rural City, Pyrenees and Norther Grampians councils have partnered to deliver a stock and domestic water supply pipeline in the East Grampians region. The benefits of this pipeline will contribute to climate adaptation through improved,...
A Climate Journey – Farmers for Climate Action
6 September 2019 The third in the ‘A Climate Journey’ series of forums explored climate change as it relates to agriculture. Corey, Steven and spoke about the work of Farmers for Climate Action and their climate change work on...
A Climate Journey with CSIRO
26 July 2019 During July John Clarke from the CSIRO Climate Science Centre presented climate change projections for the Central Highlands in Ballarat and Wimmera Southern Mallee in Horsham. This work was funded by DELWP and is available as downloadable pdfs via the...
A Climate Journey with Bureau of Meteorology
15th May 2019 Rob Smalley from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology presented climate change data from the 2018 State of the Climate report to audiences in Ballarat and Horsham in May. You can watch that presentation online here....
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