# Climate Resilience 1.1 - Climate change risk assessment
# Applies to
All subdivisions
# Objective
To increase resilience to current and future climate-related hazards across urban environments.
# Summary
# Excellence
Awarded when a climate change risk assessment is prepared that assesses the relevant climate risks for the subdivision, and demonstrates how the subdivision design serves to mitigate these risks.
A climate hazard is a potential event or trend, like a heatwave, bushfire or flood, while climate risk is the potential for harm to people, infrastructure, and ecosystems, which is determined by the combination of hazards, exposure, and vulnerability. Risk can be reduced (mitigation) by reducing the hazard itself, reducing exposure to the hazard, or reducing vulnerability.
Mitigation strategies are wide-ranging and include many of the standards across this tool. They may include siting lots in areas with lower exposure to natural hazards, integrated water management strategies that protect against flash flooding / flooding, landscaping for shade with plant choices that can tolerate extreme weather, and human health infrastructure such as water fountains.
Applicants are encouraged to reference local and national climate strategies and use the Climate Futures Tool for localised projections.
# Documentation & evidence required
# Site & Context Plan
- Major climate hazards marked and / or annotated on plans
# Climate Change Risk Assessment
- Written document submitted that identifies climate risks relevant to the development and how the proposed subdivision design response addresses and mitigates these climate change risks. The response should include measures designed to mitigate these risks, including but not limited to:
Drainage and stormwater systems (e.g., with smart tanks) Canopy coverage Water fountains at regular intervals Siting lots an appropriate distance from higher risk areas
# Further Information
- Climate Futures Tool - localised climate projections (opens new window)
- Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategies (opens new window) - include broad climate change projections for the region.