Report on the Planning System and the Impacts of Climate Change

The report of NSW Government’s Inquiry 'Planning system and the impacts of climate change on the environment and communities' was released on 19 November.

 

Land Use Planning Director Paul Grech and then Communications Director Sue Ribbons represented FMA at a hearing of the Inquiry in March, speaking in support of FMA’s 2023 submission to the Inquiry.  They spoke on a range of issues including determining and communicating risk, tolerable and intolerable risk, and strategic planning.

 

Disappointingly, the Report contains no meaningful flood risk management recommendations.

 

The report is available on the Inquiry website along with submissions and transcripts.