Our Climate Emergency Response Strategy 2021–2025 sets out how we will respond to the climate emergency, and work with governments and the community to drive strong action.

Endorsed in June 2021, the Strategy commits to 70 actions that will help deliver six goals:

• We embed climate change action in everything that we do.
• Our community is active and mobilised on climate action.
• Council-owned buildings and infrastructure are resilient and safe for our staff and community.
• Our community is protected from the worst impacts of climate change.
• We strive for net zero Council emissions by 2025.
• Net zero community emissions by 2030.

All Council-owned buildings and infrastructure are now powered with 100 per cent renewable energy through the Victorian Energy Collaboration.

As part of our roadmap to electrify our buildings, we are constructing all-electric buildings at Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool and Murrumbeena Community Hub.

We approved the Glen Eira Integrated Water Management Plan | Dhumbali W’urneet Gadhaba. The Plan directs how we manage water in our environment and what actions we commit to, given the probability that flooding and drought will become more severe and frequent.

We also continue to support Glen Eira residents to adopt more sustainable practices. Our Climate Conversations program trains local volunteers to facilitate conversations about climate change. This also educates the community on cutting their carbon footprint and taking other climate actions.