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VIC Climate Resilience Inquiry Analysed: The leading concerns & adaptation solutions Report

This report shares how Victorian communities can and want to adapt, as well as inspiring examples of what community-led climate adaptation looks like.

Resilience Inquiry Report Launch

Come along for a dive into the report’s findings and to find out how you can use it to help ensure just action on climate adaptation.

WELA x GEN VIC Roundtable: Gender, Climate, and Environmental Justice

Join an impactful and thought-provoking Cross-Sectoral Roundtable on Gender, Climate, and Environmental Justice, hosted by Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) and Gender Equity Victoria (GEN VIC).

Mapping intersections of gender and place-based responses to summer heat vulnerability

This project explores the experiences of families with young children in Melbourne’s northern suburbs during summer to inform a place-based, gender and culture in.

Ceres | Theory of Change

This booklet is for anyone who is looking to engage more deeply with CERES, or work with us to make a bigger impact. It explains how we are bringing about the
change we wish to see in the world. It’s a collective and iterative process.

Climate Adaptation Fair

A Climate Adaptation Fair is coming to town! It will showcase all things climate adaptation through stalls, workshops, and talks.

Natural Hazards Research Australia Webinar | Resilient housing policies: A framework for evaluation

In the March Hazardous Webinar, join us for a fascinating look at global post-disaster resilience housing programs and what they mean for Australia.

Natural Hazards Research Australia Webinar | Flash flooding case studies

February Hazardous Webinar – Flash flooding case studies: Improving predictions and the communication of uncertainty.

Extreme Heat Awareness Day

Get ready for the launch of Australia’s first ever Extreme Heat Awareness Day on February 5th 2025!

Growing Edible Cities and Towns – A Survey of the Victorian Urban Agriculture Sector

This report presents findings from a survey of urban agriculture practitioners in Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong. The findings include the sector’s composition, activities, market channels, challenges, needs and aspirations, as well as opportunities for sector support and growth.

Growing Food Justice | Community Farm Collective

Working to make food justice the lived reality for everyone.

WELA report: Gender, Climate, and Environmental Justice in Australia

A new report to support policymakers to make sure the needs and solutions of women and gender diverse people are included in shaping Australia’s climate and environmental solutions

Nature-led Community Resilience (NLCR) Toolkit

The NLCR toolkit outlines why NLCR activities are effective, providing resources and stories of how others have done it. It’s for anyone who wants to support stronger communities and better outcomes for nature.

December Hazardous Webinar

Join Natural Hazards Research for a special December Hazardous Webinar as they mark the respective 50- and 20-year anniversaries of 1974’s Cyclone Tracy and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Hear from an expert panel of speakers on the continuing legacy of these events in driving Australia’s preparation, response, recovery and resilience to catastrophic disasters.

The hidden power of community: Unveiling social capital’s role in Australia’s disaster resilience

This project examines the conceptual relationship between social capital and disaster resilience.

The Melbourne Doughnut

Powered by Regen Melbourne – Explore how well Melbourne is tracking as a place that supports people and planet to thrive.

Keep cool in Darebin

Keep cool tips and resources from the City of Darebin.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report

Chapter 18: Climate Resilient Development Pathways

Community-led Responses to Climate Change Report

This comprehensive report explores the critical role of community leadership in addressing the multifaceted impacts of climate change, particularly focusing on issues of social justice and equity.

The reMakers podcast: Caring through disaster with Dr. Millie Rooney and Rachel Hay

The reMakers Podcast: Season 3, Ep12: In tumultuous times, how do we ensure that communities can care and be cared for through disaster?

Care through disaster – practice | A toolkit for leaders, from the citizen to the state

In partnership with Women’s Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE), Australia reMADE takes a Care lens to the challenge of increasing systemic disaster risk.

Care through disaster – a new lens on what’s needed to survive and thrive in tumultuous times

In partnership with Women’s Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE), Australia reMADE takes a Care lens to the challenge of increasing systemic disaster risk.

Green West Fest

A celebration of sustainability and creativity, the one-day festival aims to deepen community connections through charting an ambitious collective future together. There’ll be workshops, there’ll be community artwork, cooking demos and permaculture.

CERI Climate Cafes 2024

Online CERI climate cafes in collaboration with our Australian partner Psychology For A Safe Climate

Climate Café

At our Café there is no guest speaker, no advice given, no call for action. Instead, you’ll find a supportive, facilitated conversational space for people to gather and share thoughts and feelings in response to the climate crisis. Here you can voice concerns that may not be welcomed or echoed elsewhere in your daily life. You’re invited to share with interested others how you’re really feeling at this challenging time.

Session #2 Emergencies, Safety and Multicultural Communities

You are warmly invited to our Emergencies, Safety and Multicultural Communities Forum. Learn more about how to stay safe during the Australian summer and all the most up-to-date information for this year’s season of bushfires, grass fires, heatwaves and swim safety. Experts from CFA (Country Fire Authority), Fire Rescue Victoria, Life Saving Victoria and other key agencies will join us,

FRR Expertise Pool

Specialist experts to drive local action
Funded by the Australian Government through the Future Drought Fund and delivered by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR), the FRRR Expertise Pool is a vetted network of seasoned and highly-experienced consultants from around the country with a proven track record of working in collaboration with community organisations to achieve their mission and build their resilience.

How can social imagination help us respond to climate change Insights from Southbank, Melbourne 2024

Greening the West

Greening the West is a regional initiative that’s about enriching communities in Melbourne’s west through the development of green spaces.

Understanding climate change and health in Melbourne’s South East

A mixed-methods research project investigating understandings of the links between climate change and health within and among communities in City of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire.

Community Connector for Resilience is supported by

CC4R is a collaborative of organisations and a website of curated resources, designed to help people, communities, and community organisations to strengthen disaster and climate change resilience through sharing of information, resources, and inspiration in Victoria, Australia.

By working together, combining our strengths, and supporting community-led resilience, we can all build the resources and expertise needed for a healthy and sustainable future here in our city of Melbourne, regional Victoria, and across Australia.

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