Urban A is made up of Aroona, Baringa, Battery Hill, Bells Creek, Caloundra, Caloundra West, Currimundi, Dicky Beach, Golden Beach, Kings Beach, Little Mountain, Meridan Plains, Moffat Beach, Nirimba, Pelican Waters, Shelly Beach, and Banya.
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Among those that believe in climate change, 53% indicated that their local area is currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 34% expected their local area to feel the effects within their lifetime. Of those, 5% were very confident that their local area would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 38% somewhat confident. 49% were not confident.
Among the group of residents that felt their local area is currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top local area climate-related events were: Storms (74%), Flooding (73%) and Extreme heat (71%). The top actions residents felt should be taken to address the effects of climate change in their local area were: Protect and enhance local biodiversity (69%), Educate residents on how to live more sustainably (60%) and Reduce pollution of the environment (60%).
Among those that believe in climate change, 43% indicated that they themselves are currently feeling the effects of climate change and a further 42% expected to within their lifetime. Of those, 11% were very confident that they would be able to adapt to the effects of climate change and a further 59% somewhat confident. 24% were not confident.
Among the group of residents that felt they are currently feeling, or will feel, the effects of climate change in their lifetime, the top personal impacts were: Increased household running costs (83%), Harder to get/more expensive food items (68%) and My ability to access nature due to weather (38%). 51% feel climate change will reduce their quality of life somewhat, and a further 18% feel it will reduce their quality of life a lot.
