PART ONE - Fishers Ghost

2.3 Local Government Needs in Responding to Climate Change inNSW – A summary of report findingsReporting OfficerManager Environmental PlanningAttachmentsNilPurposeTo provide Council with a summary of the findings from a survey conducted inNovember 2010 by the Local Government and Shires Associations of New SouthWales entitled ‘Local Government Needs in Responding to Climate Change in NewSouth Wales, Australia’.HistoryIn November 2010, the Local Government and Shires Associations of New SouthWales (LGSA) invited 152 councils to participate in an online survey entitled ‘LocalGovernment Needs in Responding to Climate Change’. The survey aimed to identifythe climate change actions being implemented by councils and examine theassociated barriers, drivers and future needs.The survey design took into account questions from previous climate change surveysin an attempt to both complement past findings and benchmark ongoing progresstoward climate change mitigation and adaptation. Previous surveys included:The LGSA’s 2006 survey entitled ‘Climate Change Needs Analysis’;The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW)2009/2010 survey entitled ‘Preparing for Climate Change in NSW, LocalGovernment responses to a global problem’; and,A poll undertaken by DECCW in 2008 as part of the Waste and SustainabilityImprovement Payments (WaSIP) program.ReportBackgroundIn the absence of significant ‘world’ action being taken to reduce global emissions,climate change is projected to further affect global temperatures and sea level rise,cause significant changes to rainfall and weather patterns and increase incidences of