Sustainability
Climate Change
We're working to reduce emissions, manage climate risks, adapt to impacts and create opportunities for a smarter green economy.
State of Environment
Cairns Regional Council State of Environment Report. The State of Environment provides an overview of Council’s environmental and urban sustainability initiatives and performance. The information is presented in a way that shows the conditions of, and pressures on, the environment and the response to those pressures.
Cairns Ecofiesta
This free event is a music festival, a food festival, a children’s festival and an environmental expo all rolled into one big smorgasbord of fun!
Local Food Resilience Hub
Having access to sufficient food to live your normal lifestyle - food security - is vitally important. Food security can be affected by events like natural disaster. As a community, we aim to increase community resilience and self reliance.
Last Updated: 21 December 2022
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Changed traffic conditions for Shields Street
Council advises there will be changed traffic conditions this weekend in Shields St, Cairns City, between Abbott and Lake streets...
Disaster group to fine-tune its response
An independent after-action review into the wettest cyclone in Australia’s history has made 17 recommendations to improve responses to disaster...
Advocacy priorities ahead of State Election
Council today endorsed its advocacy priorities in the lead up to the State Election....