Prospering businesses:

Transitioning to sustainable regional tourism 

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Value Adding

Become more ecoefficient

Build capacity

Foster innovation 

Robust infrastructure 

Climate adaptation

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Value Adding 

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• Economic Diversification

  • Agribusiness

  • Agritourism​​

  • Agroforestry

  • Commercial and industrial businesses - carbon credits ​

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• Market diversification

  • Niche or unique services

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• Branding

  • Clean and green & provenance 

  • Regional branding

  • Product or service

  • Industry or sector branding

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• ​Resource and energy recovery

  • Circular economy 

  • Waste markets ​ 

  • ​Initiatives for carbon credits ​

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• ​Adoption of new technologies 

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Become more ecoefficient

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• Water

  • Alternative water sources

  • Water efficiency

  • Water reuse and recycling

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• Energy

  • Energy efficiency

  • Renewable energy ​

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• Waste​

  • ​Eliminating or reducing waste

  • Resource recover from waste ​ 

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 Capacity building

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• Individual behavioural change

  • The creation of community groups that focus on local grass roots actions

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• Education

  • Skills to career pathway

  • Providing mentorship programs and opportunities for training and education

  • Remote learning

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• Leadership 

  • Boosting entrepreneurial skills

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• Digital connectivity and innovation

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• Social inclusion

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 Fostering innovation 

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• Fostering innovation ecosystems 

  • Innovation hubs

  • Connectivity 

  • Collaboration 

  • Communities of practice

 

• Process of taking an idea to commercialisation

 

• Support programs

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 Robust infrastructure 

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• Robust Buildings

  • Ratings schemes and building codes

  • Low carbon materials

  • Energy and water efficient buildings

 

• ​Regional ​Transport

  • Regional Transport Plans

  • Sustainable Fleet

  • Logistics and Time to Market

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• Individual Transport 

  • Public transport

  • Reducing traffic – walk and bike facilities, car sharing

  • Low carbon transport ​

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• Low carbon infrastructure

  • Quick chargers

  • Hydrogen station

 

• Large scale renewable energy projects

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Climate adaptation 

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• Urban mitigation of the impacts of extreme heat

  • General resources & policy

  • Green spaces, roofs and walls 

  • Cool materials

  • Shading structures

  • Evaporative cooling and earth cooling

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• Preparing and functioning for extreme weather events & natural disasters 

 

• Building capacity to withstand extreme climate events.

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