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North Queensland has just been battered by its second climate disaster in six years. As the rain clears, these communities are now turning to the long road ahead to recovery.

The Premier - a North Queenslander himself - committed to building back better. Together, we can ensure that recovery effort goes far deeper than the immediate recovery by maintaining our renewable energy targets, delivering real cuts to emissions, and preparing our communities for already baked-in climate impacts.

Use this form to email Premier David Crisafulli today, calling on him to include preventative climate action and community resilience in his recovery efforts.

The best emails are the ones that are personal. Tell the Premier why this flood event has impacted you, and what you think his government should do to protect Queensland communities from disasters like these now and into the future.

This is a joint action between Queensland Conservation Council, North Queensland Conservation Council, Mackay Conservation Group, and the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre.

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Dear Premier David Crisafulli,
As a fellow north Queenslander, I share your devastation over the unfolding floods in our region. 
Your sentiment about “building back better” is the right one, and I was relieved to see you putting away political rivalries to coordinate with the Federal Government on the recovery response. 
But it’s not just the scale of this event that has impacted our communities, but the knowledge that events like this are only going to increase in severity and frequency as the consequences of climate change confront us.
As such, I urge your government to include climate action and climate resilience in your recovery plans. This should include:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Reform QCoast2100 Program: Ensure that all local governments are well-funded to create and implement hazard reduction plans that address climate-driven riverine flooding, coastal erosion and storm surge events, including the most recent sea-level rise data.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Establish a QHeat2050 Program: Create a program that reflects the success of QCoast2100 and funds local governments to develop heat strategies for incorporation into local planning and mitigation measures.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Support the Queensland Climate Resilient Councils Program: Reinstate and commit to the long-term funding of the Queensland Climate Resilient Councils Program to facilitate collaboration and capacity building across all local government areas, fostering resilience to climate change impacts.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Maintain Queensland’s renewable energy targets: Keep Queensland’s renewable energy transition on track by urgently accelerating the rollout of renewables and storage to ensure we reach at least 82% renewable energy generation by 2030.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Plan for Queensland’s emissions reduction targets: Release an energy plan for reaching 75% reduction in emissions by 2035, including a plan for measuring and addressing the super pollutant methane. Committing to no new coal and gas projects or infrastructure is in line with this target, and will help protect communities from more extreme weather.</li>
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You are in a position to take action now that both slows the rate of climate disasters by rapidly reducing our emissions, and prepares our communities for the climate impacts that are already on our doorsteps. For the sake of all Queenslanders, please listen to the science and do what is necessary to protect us now and into the future.

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