PART ONE - Fishers Ghost

3. Barriers and drivers:This section of the survey invited councils to identify the barriers and drivers thatwere impeding or supporting climate change action, respectively. In addition, thissection sought to identify the types of communication methods required tocommunicate more effectively and what support services developed by the LGSAwere being utilised by councils.a) Barriers:The most frequently identified barriers in addressing climate change werecompeting priorities (89%), limited availability of internal and external funding(69%), as well as limited staff capacity (56%).b) Drivers:The frequently identified drivers in addressing climate change were supportfrom a council’s executive management (62%), the opportunity to save moneythrough resource efficiency (49%), climate change being prioritised as part ofthe sustainability agenda (44%) and council concern over liability in notpreparing for climate change (37%).The following graph shows the number of responses received to the barriers inaddressing climate change.