Climate Change Adaptation
Climate change has the potential to impact our way of life in many ways. While we continue to participate in global action to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, some change is now inevitable, and we must be prepared to face the challenges that climate change presents.
In the coming decades, we expect to observe increased minimum and maximum temperatures and more high-fire-danger days. We will experience ever-reducing rainfall totals, but more intense rainfall and flooding events. Along the coastline, we will have to adapt to a rising sea level and changed storm behaviour. It is important that we identify the risks associated with climate change as early as possible to improve our ability to adapt to the change.
Yankalilla District Council has collaborated with other councils in the region, NRM boards, the South Australian government and the Federal government to develop a regional adaptation plan for climate change. The project is known as Resilient Hills & Coasts, and has set out a path to improving climate change resilience for communities in the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island regions.