6.5: Social Impact of Climate Change

Examine interventions that can help low-income, vulnerable and disadvantaged households to reduce their demand for resources, mitigate the effects of climate change and maintain access to essential products and services.

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The Community Inclusion Board and the ACT Government jointly undertook a social impact analysis of climate change. Following consultation with the community sector, the analysis quantified and modelled the expected impact of climate change on the capacity of low-income households to access and maintain adequate housing and to obtain energy, utilities, food and transport. It identified households that are likely to have trouble affording essential products and services as a result of climate change. The ACT Government will examine interventions that can help low-income, vulnerable and disadvantaged households to reduce their demand for resources, mitigate the effects of climate change and maintain access to essential products and services. The ACT Government will identify how government and industry can invest in programs or change their practices to assist low-income, vulnerable and disadvantaged households.

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