Communities of the Bega Valley rural villages of Bemboka, Quaama and Wyndham are identified as vulnerable to extreme heat events due to the age of residents, distance to health providers, and design of community infrastructure.
Council has been awarded a grant through the NSW Government’s ‘Increasing Resilience to Climate Change’ (IRCC) program to develop solutions to addressing these growing risks.
This project contributes towards adaptation actions identified in Council’s Climate Resilience Strategy.
– Create a cool refuge for communities of Bemboka, Quaama and Wyndham.
Increase the resilience of these halls by making them independent from the grid in times of power outage.
– Engage local communities to help design cool refuges in these halls and increase community awareness about the health risks during heat wave events
Check it out here:
https://begavalley.nsw.gov.au/community/cooler-places-in-a-warmer-climate