Building Climate Wise Communities — ASN Events
  1. Schedule
  2. Friday
  3. Building Climate Wise Communities
1:30PM - 2:00PM
Throsby Room

Building Climate Wise Communities

Jennie Cramp
Technical Officer Bushfire
Ku-ring-gai Council

The nature of increasing bush fire frequency and severity is inextricably linked to extreme heat and a long-term trend towards a warmer climate. Experience has shown that the effectiveness of traditional hazard reduction measures rapidly declines and typically proves inadequate under more intense and catastrophic conditions.
The Ku-ring-gai area faces significant bush fire risk management challenges due to its terrain, extensive ridge top development, vulnerable community groups, high evacuation risks, endangered species and ecological communities. To enhance traditional bush fire risk management strategies, Ku-ring-gai Council has adopted a shared responsibility framework and implemented the Climate Wise Communities (CWC) program to focus on strengthening the resilience of its community from bush fire attack at personal, property and neighbourhood levels.