The Local SDGs Progress Report was produced for the Ian Potter Foundation to communicate our project’s progress in developing a general framework for future-proofing the sustainability of local communities in regional Australia. This also presents an opportunity to express our gratitude for IPF’s integral support and role in achieving our aim of working towards adaptive pathways so people and nature can thrive in the uncertainties ahead.

The report addresses four goals of our project which entail undertaking comprehensive case studies using mixed qualitative (participatory) and quantitative (modelling) methods to assess options for improving multiple socio-economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability for two regional Australian communities; Forrest/Otways region & the Goulburn-Murray region.

In addressing the four goals of this report we will demonstrate how our team has strived to contribute to the theory and application of adaptive planning for local sustainability through working on literature reviews, journal articles, modelling of robust decision making under uncertainties, and contextual analyses. These processes have been facilitated through collaboration with community engagement specialists, academic experts and ongoing engagements with local communities. We have also communicated our research, activities and initiatives through a variety of ways including an array of publications, conferences, our website and social media.

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