Tweed communities co-design ideas to respond to climate change

23 May 2023

Community members at Climate Ready Tweed co-design sessions

Tweed residents have been getting hands-on with climate change recently during a series of community conversations this month as part of the Climate Ready Tweed project. Residents have provided inspiration and insights into their views on climate action, reducing emissions and preparedness for extreme weather events in the Tweed.

Council has engaged Griffith University on this project to find out:

  • how the Tweed community wants to be supported to act on climate-related events
  • preferred strategies to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions footprint, and
  • local networks be prepared for local climate risks and impacts.

 The current co-design phase of the Climate Ready Tweed project will help to inform the most effective strategies for Council to support the community in reducing emissions and preparing for future climate events.

Community members met in Tweed Heads, Uki, Murwillumbah and Cabarita this month and have spent time developing ideas for:

  • building networks to support communities in extreme weather events
  • connecting communities and volunteer groups to support climate action
  • reducing waste
  • lobbying for support for low-income uptake of solar, and
  • activism to encourage personal and collective climate action.

Griffith University’s Climate Action Beacon and Social Marketing at Griffith team will report on workshop findings and present recommendations to Council.

This follows more than 250 residents of the Tweed completing an in-depth survey into attitudes towards climate change between November 2022 and January 2023. Read the summary snapshot of the data.

Conducted by Griffith University Climate Action Beacon and Social Marketing @ Griffith, this project is made possible by Australian Government funding. The final report will be available in July 2023.

Find out more about the Climate Ready Tweed Project.

Image: One of the Climate Ready Tweed co-design sessions where residents provided inspiration and insights into their views on climate action, reducing emissions and preparedness for extreme weather events. Image credit: Salvador Cantellano.

 

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