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Session 3 Details

2:50PM

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[Rooms 101 & 102]
Regional Partnerships for Climate Adaptation

This panel discussion showcases how regional climate alliances are helping Victorian councils deliver scalable, data-driven solutions to climate risk. Drawing on leading projects from across Victoria, the panel will highlight the real-world outcomes, insights and benefits of working together to build climate-resilient communities. (SLIDES)

Facilitator: Georgia Langmaid, Project Lead, Financing Flood Resilient Infrastructure, South East Councils Climate Change Alliance

Lucy Packham, Resilient Asset Management and Investment Project Manager, City of Melbourne/M9
Katie Vines, Director, Climate-KiC and Lead Advisor, FFRI
Cr Kylie McIntosh, Deputy Chair, SECCCA Mayoral Forum and Councillor, Bayside City Council
Helen Steel, CEO, SECCCA (Opening Remarks)

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[Room 103]
Council Climate Reporting: Emerging requirements and current tools

This session will provide attendees an understanding of the climate reporting landscape (including Scope 3). It will reflect on the advantages of utilising current mandatory reporting mechanisms, in advance of mandatory requirements for councils. We will hear from two projects that have explored this at an individual council level and regional level, gaining insights on how they approached this, what challenges they experienced and benefits they have identified. (SLIDES)

Facilitator: Sharon Macdonnell, Executive Officer, Eastern Alliance of Greenhouse Action

Rob Turk, Director, Nation Partners
Anna Farrell, Consultant, Nation Partners
Kate Dillon, Senior Sustainability and Climate Change Officer, City of Port Phillip
Joerg Werdin, Coordinator Sustainability Projects and Reporting, City of Boroondara
Sally Jensen, Coordinator, South East Queensland Climate Resilient Alliance

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[Room 104]
Leading the Charge: Electrifying apartment communities

Exploring how electrification can support more sustainable, low-emissions apartments and units, bringing together policy insights, technical expertise and local government experience. It will begin with an overview of the current state of sustainable strata, followed by a presentation on building electrification and its opportunities and challenges. A council case study will highlight practical work underway in apartments, alongside a focus on advocacy priorities and actions needed to accelerate change. The session will conclude with a facilitated discussion, enabling participants to share insights and identify pathways to advance electrification across the sector. (SLIDES)

Facilitator: Dean Thomson, Executive Officer, Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action

Kate Nicolazzo, Director, Let Me Be Frank
Rachel Goldlust, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Liam Henderson, Manager Zero Carbon Community, City of Melbourne
Katy Daily, Energy Innovation Lead, Yarra City Council
​Donna Luckman, Zero Carbon Campaigns Lead, Merri-bek City Council

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[Rooms 105 & 106]
Generating Impact: Sustaining local climate action in uncertain times

This session responds to the pivot of some councils away from climate action and will address the reasons and risks of this. It will also discuss why LGAs should make climate action 'core business' and the all-important conundrum - how. (SLIDES)

Facilitator: Carole Hammond, Executive Officer, Goulburn Murray Climate Alliance

Dr Anita Foerster, Associate Professor, Impact Labs, Monash University
Cana Kuyucak, Climate Futures and Resilience Lead, Municipal Association of Victoria
Sally McAdams, Coordinator, Climate Emergency Australia

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[Room 107]
Innovative Thinking: Latest research on climate and local government

This session brings together emerging research and practical experience exploring the evolving role of local government in responding to climate change. From equity and energy justice in climate policy, to the governance of emerging energy risks, building ensuring organisational capability, tracking adaptation progress and translating resilience into community action, the session examines some of the key challenges facing councils as climate action becomes increasingly complex. Drawing together research and real-world practice, it will explore how councils can move beyond simply delivering climate actions to better understand who benefits, how risks are managed, whether capability is improving and how meaningful progress can be measured and sustained over time. (SLIDES)

Facilitator: Pete Mercouriou, PhD candidate, Senior Sustainability Officer, City of Greater Geelong (energy justice and equity)

Lachlan Hensey, PhD candidate, Deakin University (risk governance)
Aaron Buncle, Masters candidate (climate risk management capability in councils)
Tia Brullo, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne (tracking adaptation progress)
Kate Archdeacon, Program Coordinator, My Smart Garden (climate resilience through food growing and community education)


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