Too Close to Home: How we keep communities safer from escalating climate impacts

The report emphasizes the urgent need to enhance community safety from escalating climate impacts. It identifies five key priorities: providing comprehensive climate risk information, prioritizing protection for the most at-risk people and places, supporting community-led adaptation and disaster response, ensuring households are prepared for climate impacts, and learning from past disasters. The recommendations highlight the importance of building resilience through social connections, accessible knowledge, and coordinated efforts among government and community organizations. The report calls for increased funding, better planning, and stronger implementation of disaster resilience initiatives. Organizations Mentioned: Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA), Climate Council, Australian Government, CSIRO, National Emergency Management Agency, Bureau of Meteorology, NSW Government, Victoria Government, Australian Climate Service, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Australian Defence Force, Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements