Victorian Government action on climate change

Cutting emissions and building resilience to climate change

The Victorian Government is taking strong and lasting action to reduce Victoria’s emissions to net zero by 2045 and ensure communities, businesses and institutions are better prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change.

These actions are underpinned by the comprehensive Climate Action Act 2017.

Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy

Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy sets out the Victorian Government’s world-leading action to mitigate climate change and adapt to its unavoidable impacts.

Victoria’s climate action targets

The Victorian Government has legislated ambitious yet achievable emissions reductions targets that guide Victoria to net zero emissions by 2045.

The targets provide certainty for investors and the business community and will help create jobs in clean energy, land restoration, zero emissions transport, and the circular economy.

Reaching our emissions reduction targets will take action by governments, businesses, and the community.

Find out more about Victoria’s emissions reduction targets and greenhouse gas emissions.

Victoria’s emissions reduction pledges

Reaching our emissions reduction targets will take action by governments, businesses, and the community. To help drive this action, the Victorian Government has developed pledges which outline the actions it will take to cut emissions in different sectors and from its own operations.

The Victorian Government will make these pledges every 5 years until Victoria achieves net zero emissions. The first pledge period was from 2021 to 2025.

Building Victoria’s Climate Resilience

Reducing our emissions will help lessen the impact of climate change, but it will not prevent it. Some degree of climate change is already locked in and we need to be prepared.

Adapting to climate change now will reduce future costs and ensure Victoria’s long-term prosperity.

Victoria’s Adaptation Action Plans

Victoria's first set of Adaptation Action Plans are guiding government action and help institutions, businesses and individuals to respond to our changing climate. They will be updated every 5 years on the path to 2045.

Each plan sets out:

• the unique challenges and opportunities of climate change for each system
• the action being taken
• adaptation priorities set under Victoria’s first Climate Change Strategy 2021–25 (PDF, 5.7 MB) published in 2021.

Find out more about Victoria’s changing climate and our commitment to adapt to climate change.

The next set of AAPs are to be prepared by 31 October 2026 and will respond to the priorities outlined in Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy 2026-30.

Victorian Government Climate-related Risk Disclosure Statement 2025

The Victorian Government has prepared its second Victorian Government Climate-related Risk Disclosure Statement (October 2025). It follows the first statement published in 2022, which was the first of its kind in Australia.

The disclosure statement builds transparency and supports investors, lenders, credit rating agencies and the public understand the Government’s approach to identifying and managing climate-related risks and opportunities.

The 2025 disclosure statement demonstrates improvements in the government’s understanding of the economic and fiscal impacts of climate change, and entity-level climate risk management, whilst further aligning with emerging international and Australian accounting standards.

Further information and the disclosure statement can be found on the Department of Treasury and Finance website.

Contact us

Contact us via email climate.change@deeca.vic.gov.au