Eyre Peninsula Climate Action

Eyre Peninsula Climate Action

A city defined by an arid climate, transitioning to a Water Sensitive City is a crucial step to becoming a resilient, climate-adapted city that can respond constructively to the current climate emergency.

Critical to the future of Whyalla’s socio-economic growth will be access to - and supply of - potable water, as well as water to complement local industry needs, such as proposed hydrogen production, ongoing mining and Greening Whyalla Program.

Green cities reduce consumption of resources such as water and electricity and increase liveability. Increased tree canopies have a cooling effect on the ‘urban heat island’ effect which can mean a city is up to ten degrees Celsius hotter than the surrounding countryside. Green cities across the globe are attractive centres for private sector investment.