This is a campaign by the Victorian Greenhouse Alliances and CASBE, in collaboration with councils across Victoria.
Planning decisions being made today will be locked in for years to come - more than half of Australia’s 2050 building stock will be constructed during the next 30 years.
We need to increase the resilience of the built environment and reduce carbon emissions – and to achieve this through rapid transformational – rather than incremental – change.
There is a disconnect between high level policy positions on tackling climate change, and day-to-day planning decisions. Victoria has a zero emissions targets, many councils have more ambitious targets, but this isn’t reflected in planning decision. Despite work by councils to make the planning system a better tool for change, the system is not yet doing enough to help restore a safe climate and create resilient communities.
To enable the delivery of a safe climate and resilient communities the Victorian Government must mandate tackling climate change as a priority at all levels of the planning system.
Our asks
The Alliances are asking for four changes in the next term of government, reflecting the recommendations from the Hansen Partnership report on climate change and planning in Victoria: Please click on each ask for more information.
Councils across the state and other local government bodies support our campaign.
“Prioritising climate change considerations in the planning system is critical to ensure our future homes and communities are sustainable and resilient. Our planning legislation and planning provisions need to be amended to address climate change as a matter of urgency.” – Cr David Clark, President of the MAV in support of our campaign.
Report Card October 2022
The Alliances asked the political parties in Victoria where they stand on our four asks. This Report Card shows the support we're getting for the asks, but also the lack of announcement from Labor and the Coalition on this subject as at October 2022.
Planning decisions being made today will be locked in for years to come - more than half of Australia’s 2050 building stock will be constructed during the next 30 years.
We need to increase the resilience of the built environment and reduce carbon emissions – and to achieve this through rapid transformational – rather than incremental – change.
There is a disconnect between high level policy positions on tackling climate change, and day-to-day planning decisions. Victoria has a zero emissions targets, many councils have more ambitious targets, but this isn’t reflected in planning decision. Despite work by councils to make the planning system a better tool for change, the system is not yet doing enough to help restore a safe climate and create resilient communities.
To enable the delivery of a safe climate and resilient communities the Victorian Government must mandate tackling climate change as a priority at all levels of the planning system.
Our asks
The Alliances are asking for four changes in the next term of government, reflecting the recommendations from the Hansen Partnership report on climate change and planning in Victoria: Please click on each ask for more information.
- Amend the Planning and Environment Act and the Climate Change Act to explicitly address climate change at all levels of the planning process
- Require every planning scheme amendment at all levels of government and of the planning framework to include an assessment against relevant climate change considerations
- Introduce mandatory minimum climate change standards into the planning scheme
- Adopt science-based targets for high level policy and align the planning system to the most up to date climate science
Councils across the state and other local government bodies support our campaign.
“Prioritising climate change considerations in the planning system is critical to ensure our future homes and communities are sustainable and resilient. Our planning legislation and planning provisions need to be amended to address climate change as a matter of urgency.” – Cr David Clark, President of the MAV in support of our campaign.
Report Card October 2022
The Alliances asked the political parties in Victoria where they stand on our four asks. This Report Card shows the support we're getting for the asks, but also the lack of announcement from Labor and the Coalition on this subject as at October 2022.