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Mildura locals innovate to safeguard food and water in a changing climate

In Mildura, regional Victoria, there are climate champions and farmers battling dust storms, water woes, and working to build a resilient future. From a cooperative that shares unused farming land with newly immigrated farmers, to an innovative water bank, the Mildura community are not just ‘surviving'; they're making tools for a better future.

Australian communities are already grappling with the impacts of climate change — adapting to food and water insecurity, worsening bushfire and flood risk, intense summer weather and rising energy costs. Hear from people who are taking action at a local level to improve climate resilience, and rethinking what they need to thrive. Take inspiration and ideas for what you can do to make positive change, and help protect the things you love.