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Contents
Minister’s foreword 3
Executive summary 5
1. Introduction 8
1.1 A systems approach to adaptation 8
1.2 Health and Human Services system scope 11
1.3 Adaptation and mitigation 13
1.4 Health and Human Services system and climate change 14
1.5 Health and Human Services system climate change adaptation action plan objectives 16
1.6 Critical cross-system connections and interdependencies 17
1.7 Partners, stakeholders, and cross-cutting policy areas 19
2. Governance, roles and responsibilities 23
3. Climate change and the Health and Human Services system 26
3.1 Climate change in Victoria 26
3.2 Impacts of climate change on the Health and Human Services system 28
4. Key climate change risks and opportunities for the Health and Human Services system 30
4.1 Public health 30
4.2 Infrastructure 31
4.3 Sector capability 31
4.4 Cross-system risks and opportunities 32
5. Existing climate change adaptation policies, programs and projects, and gap analysis 34
5.1 Existing policies, programs and projects 34
5.2 Gap analysis and opportunities for increased action 36
6. Climate change adaptation actions: 5-year (2022–26) plan 40
7. Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement 45
Appendices 46
Appendix 1. Development of this adaptation action plan 46
Appendix 2. Summary of existing policies, programs or legislation relevant to the Health and
Human Services system 48
Appendix 3. Report on the implementation and effectiveness of the Pilot Health and Human
Services Adaptation Action Plan 2019–21 51
Appendix 4. Key terms 54
Appendix 5. Cross-system risks intersecting with the Health and Human Services system 55
References 69
