MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has voted to rename its Climate Emergency Community Reference Group, prompting debate among councillors over whether the move shifts focus from climate emergency action. At the council meeting on 9 June, councillors endorsed a review of the Climate Emergency Community Reference Group, which was established under the shire’s 2020 Climate Emergency Plan. The group will now be known as the Climate Resilience Plan Advisory Committee and will focus on developing the council’s upcoming Climate Resilience Plan. The committee will retain its existing members and updated terms of reference have been adopted. Cr Kate Roper, who moved the…
Wednesday, June 17
