In response to Climate Risk Assessment, alliance of 80 organisations launch Climate Safety Plan in Logan tomorrow

Media Alert                            14 November 2025

In the wake of the release of Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA), an alliance of 80 organisations are launching a package of collective demands to make climate adaptation and resilience a national priority, with a detailed blueprint for major investment and policy reform in next year’s Federal Budget.

Renew Australia for All’s Climate Safety Plan (CSP) is being launched locally by Queensland Community Alliance and Logan Multicultural Collaborative at a “Disaster Preparedness Family Fun Day” with hundreds of people in Logan.

Climate change is already reshaping our lives in Australia. Heatwaves are making our schools, homes, and workplaces less safe. Increasing disasters are disrupting travel and supply chains, raising prices at the supermarket. Doctors, nurses, and emergency responders are being stretched responding to climate shocks.

Storms, floods, and fires are upending lives and exacting a compounding financial toll, from spiking insurance premiums to increasing health and housing costs.     

The Climate Safety Plan tackles these risks head-on, proposing a series of concrete policy solutions that put meat on the bones of the Commonwealth’s framework National Adaptation Plan. Hundreds of people will be gathering together

Seblework Tadesse, from Queensland Community Alliance said. “Our community is experiencing first hand the impact of increasing flooding and heatwaves.

“We’re filling in the blanks in the National Adaptation Plan with our CSP package - providing politicians and policymakers with a detailed plan for action developed with the collective experience and expertise of our 80 diverse member organisations - and importantly how to pay for it,” Seblework said.

"We are already facing rising cost of living, and more frequent climate impacts. This is adding more stress on our families," Girmay Gebremedhin, from QPASST said.

Sahba Hamid, Settlement Services International Community Relations Manager said: “Australia’s multicultural communities continue to encounter significant challenges, particularly language barriers, when trying to access vital government information and services.

“At the same time, frontline organisations are operating under immense pressure, with resources already stretched thin.

“It’s imperative that the Federal Government develops a comprehensive strategy to ensure that all communities, regardless of their language or country of origin, receive equitable access to support and information,” Sahba said.

Renew Australia for All is an alliance of 80 + organisations from across community, environment, health, as well as unions, clean industry and faith groups.