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5 year plan (2027 – 2031)
The Built Environment Adaptation Action Plan for 2027 – 2031 will build on the current action plan and set out priority actions to strengthen the resilience of Victoria’s built environment in a changing climate.
The draft plan is being developed under the Climate Action Act 2017, which requires the Victorian Government to prepare sector-based adaptation action plans every five years that identify climate risks and outline actions to address those risks.
Public consultation
Public consultation on the draft Built Environment Adaptation Action Plan 2027 - 2031 is open from 18 June to 15 July 2026.
Stakeholders, including community members, councils and industry are invited to review the draft plan and provide feedback to help shape the final plan. The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) will consider all feedback received during the consultation period.
To submit your feedback, please visit the Engage Victoria page here.
Built environment climate resilience
Climate change threatens the built environment – the places we have built to use and enjoy in our everyday lives. This includes:
- physical structures and assets, such as homes, other buildings and infrastructure
- built and natural assets such as cultural heritage places, public parks and sports fields
- how people interact with them via different activities and services.
The built environment adaptation action plan supports highly exposed Victorian cities, towns, suburbs and regional areas to tackle overlapping climate related events through resilience and recovery planning that considers all hazards.
It focuses on making our built environment more resilient to climate impacts like bushfires, heatwaves, drought, storm events and intense rainfall.
The Built Environment Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan 2022–2026 is being delivered over a five-year period from 2022 to 2026. The delivery status of these actions will be reported in the final Built Environment Adaptation Action Plan 2027–2031.
Work already underway
- Mid-rise code for four to six storey apartments to make them more sustainable
- Minimum standards for around 320,000 rented homes' energy efficiency
- Requiring planning schemes to respond to potential coastal impacts and sea level rise
- Mapping coastal inundation hazards
- Providing guidance for development in flood-affected areas
- Mapping heat vulnerability in Melbourne and preparing advice for cooling our homes and streets
- Improving planning and building system responses to bushfire risk
- Building energy infrastructure resilience: from upgrading powerlines to reduce bushfire risks to supporting microgrids, batteries and community renewable energy projects in isolated areas.
Adaptation action plans
The Built Environment Adaptation Action Plan 2027–2031 will be one of eight adaptation action plans for Victoria:
- Built environment
- Education and training
- Energy
- Health and human services
- Natural environment
- Primary production
- Transport
- Water cycle
Go to Climate Action Victoria to find out about the other adaptation action plans.
Page last updated: 18/06/26