The sustainability and environment theme includes areas such as biodiversity and weed management, sustainability, and environmental health. Many EAGA Councils have different divisions of these functions with some sustainability teams sitting within integrated planning teams and environmental management sitting within infrastructure and operations. As such there is some overlap between the responsibilities of these themes that should be considered.
The following video summarises some of the key regional risks to Sustainability and Environmental Management functions within local government:
The following table presents the key regional risks contained within the risk assessment report: