Climate change

Globally and locally, awareness of climate variability and climate change is important for residents and businesses in our community. Changes in weather (temperature, rainfall, storms, wind), water availability, sea level, wild fire incidence and resource availability are possible.

Specific climate changes could be:

• An increase in average temperatures.
• An increase in the number of hot days over 35°C.
• A decrease in average annual rainfall.

As local, state and national responses are developed for living with the impacts of climate variability and climate change, a range of information is available to raise awareness of the situation and the impacts. This content serves to:

1. Provide information and answers to commonly asked questions.
2. Provide tools and information on climate change for residents and businesses.
3. Outline the areas where council is taking action.

Commonly asked questions

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• What is climate variability and climate change? - View the Australian Greenhouse Office, the Qld Environmental Protection Agency, or the Qld Climate Change Centre of Excellence for the latest information.
• What strategies are in place to mitigate the greenhouse effect? - View the Australian and Queensland Government’s Greenhouse Strategy.
• How can we adapt to living with the impacts of climate change? - View the discussion paper on Climate Smart Adaptation (PDF 150 kb).
• How can we be Climate Smart?

How to take action

Reducing the impacts of human activities and reducing our ecological footprint is everyone’s responsibility. To do your bit for climate change, 

Previous actions taken by council

Toowoomba City Council, as part of normal business, had a number of actions that still assist the new Toowoomba Regional Council in reducing impacts of climate change into the future.

These actions include;

• Waste management
• Education about waste minisation requirements
• Council's Water Conservation and Demand Management program
• Council's environmental education programs
• Our Toowoomba Towards 2050 community consultation
• Toowoomba Sustainable Home at Ramsay Street
• Building makeovers
• Planned creation of a walkable community.