Climate Ready Communities
Resilient South councils have partnered with the Australian Red Cross on an exciting program to help communities prepare for intensified extreme events under climate change. Climate Ready Communities training is empowering people to understand the risks they currently face, the way these are changing, and what they can do to build their resilience.
Resilient South councils initially piloted the program from 2017-19 during which time over 60 Climate Ready Champions were trained. The program proved so successful that in 2019-20 it expanded to include councils in other resilient regions with a further 50 champions recently trained. The free training demonstrates how you can support others take action to become ‘climate ready’, practical guidance to deliver activities and events, and the opportunity to get involved in Red Cross’ emergency response and preparedness activities.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Lynwen Maeder, Australian Red Cross (lmaeder@redcross.org.au).
For more information on Climate Ready Champions training click here.
Outside of southern Adelaide, but still want to support your own Climate Ready Community? Check out the amazing resources on the Australian Red Cross Climate Ready Communities page, which includes a Climate Ready Communities Guide to Getting Started.
““Big thanks for the Climate Ready youth training at Marion!! It is quite a relief to have a child finally feeling more equipped and confident to speak up as an individual about the elephant in the room.””
