Environment

Using contemporary ideas and technologies, we will be innovative and bold, working collaboratively on smart solutions. We will build our city and its transport systems for a sustainable future. By 2040 we will have zero net greenhouse gas emissions and our energy needs will be met from renewable sources.

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Working together, we will be prepared, adept and resilient in the face of climate challenges. Our institutions, agencies, universities, industries, businesses and community leaders will partner to develop the world’s best responses. Our infrastructure and open space will be designed effectively and our community will have the knowledge to mitigate climate CHANGES impacts and thrive in a changing climate.

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Warrnambool people will be environmentally informed, ethically motivated consumers of goods and services. We will minimise waste by conserving, avoiding, reducing, recycling and reusing resources at every opportunity. We will significantly reduce land, water and air pollution, including littering and we will no longer be a source of plastics entering the marine environment.

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Warrnambool will restore, maintain and enhance its natural environment, drawing on the best scientific and Traditional Owner knowledge. We will build our knowledge, skills and involvement in protecting biodiversity, waterways and the coast for the benefit of current and future generations of people, flora and fauna. We will reduce the impacts of pest plants and animals and decrease damaging land uses and practices.

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We will care for and regenerate our waterways, our coast and marine environment and support a natural water cycle. We will carefully use rainwater to contribute to the amenity of the city by bringing water management and green infrastructure together. Water conservation and water sensitive urban design, including improved stormwater systems, will improve our waterway and marine health. We will capture rainwater and reuse stormwater to reduce our reliance on depleting water sources.

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We will be connected by green infrastructure and corridors of urban forest to support resilient and connected biodiversity. An increase in tree canopy cover in our urban areas will provide shade and carbon sinks, and decrease the number and severity of heat islands, while supporting biodiversity. The city will be abundant with green spaces, green roofs, vertical gardens and we will grow our own food in community gardens, market gardens, backyards and nature strips.

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