The Adaptation Strategy aims to prepare Council and the
broader Greater Geelong community for climate change
impacts. It is designed to foster an understanding of
how climate change is likely to affect the region and
to assist Council in prioritising short and long term
adaptation actions.

The Adaptation Strategy is also designed to identify
steps towards building Council resilience to climate
change in the longer term. It provides the first
steps towards integrating climate change adaptation
throughout Council activities and decision-making
processes and building Council’s own adaptive capacity
and capability.

As such, it is a primer for action and development,
rather than an end in itself.