Council has worked with the community to better understand how we can respond to stainability and climate change at a local level, and as a region to assist in the development of a whole-of-community Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP).

The Sustainability and Climate Action Plan includes 27 Actions within five themes, relating to natural systems, water and energy efficiency, community empowerment, waste reduction and improved strategic planning.

The actions have been developed to include initiatives that are currently underway and those that will be started over the next three years.

Through the implementation of the actions within the Plan the Central Coast Council aims to reduce its environmental footprint and mitigate the effects of a changing climate, becoming a Net Zero Emissions Council.

A review of the success of this Plan will occur in 2025. An update of Council’s Climate Change Policy 2019 will occur in the 22/23 financial year. This will include the introduction of emissions targets.

Over the past three years Council has asked the community, for their perspectives on environmental sustainability and climate change.

• 2019 - Sustainability survey via Your Voice Our Coast;
• 2019 – Working group of community members was established to guide the development of the SCAP;
• 2020 – Face to face and online consultation completed as part of Councils Climate Change Policy;
• 2020 – Consultation for the Climate Action Plan completed online and partially face to face; and
• 2020 – 3860 responses received to a public survey and 734 student submissions.

This Online Climate Action Planning (CAP) mapping tool allows you to search for any property address and understand the climate impacts and vulnerabilities affecting your local area, e.g. flooding, bushfire, coastal hazards, threatened ecological communities etc.