The Brumby Government is taking action now to meet the challenges of the future and make Victoria the best place to live, work and raise a family.

The Brumby Government is taking action for for communities. And we're taking action to prepare communities for the effects of climate change.

Click on your part of the State to see what is happening in your local area, or read on for a snapshot of Victoria. 

• Melbourne Metro: Information about Metropolitan Melbourne.
• Hume: Create the Great Victorian Alpine National Park and support farmers to improve energy efficiency.
• Loddon: Protected farms against noxious weeds and investing in one of the world's largest solar power stations.
• Grampians: Ending wood chipping in the Wombat Forest.
• Barwon South West: Created the Great Otway National Park and Cobboboonee National & Forest park outside Portland.
• Gippsland: Protect Mitchell River from damming.

Victoria is one of the few jurisdictions in the world to have a Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability reporting on government performance in environmental management. We are also a world leader in the development of sustainable energy, with some of the biggest wind farms in Australia and one of the largest solar power plants in the world planned for northern Victoria.

Some key climate change achievements of the Government include:

• Australia’s first Industry Greenhouse Program (IGP) - which required the State’s largest greenhouse gas emitters to introduce carbon reduction plans – reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1.23 million tonnes a year
• Building on the success of IGP the Brumby Government has introduced Energy and Resource Efficiency Plans for Victoria’s top and energy and water users. The plans will help business improve their energy and water efficiency
• Victoria’s 5-Star building standard, which is one of the strongest building regulations in the country for new homes, came into force in 2005. In 2007 the scheme was extended to require owners who undertake major alterations or additions to their homes to also meet the 5-Star standard

Protecting our environment and liveability

• We have created more National Parks than any other Victorian Government, including 13 Marine National Parks and 11 Marine Sanctuaries
• Through the Government’s network of Catchment Management Authorities extensive work was done to improve the protection of biodiversity and water quality of Victoria’s river systems
• Melbourne’s green wedge areas are now protected by legislation and growth areas are identified for housing development. Through Melbourne 2030, growth will be managed and Melbourne’s liveability protected