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Environment

Our Environment Strategy provides a 10-year roadmap to ensure our city is sustainable for our future.

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Meet the Future

Meet the Future

Meet the future of Newcastle and the Newcastle Environment Strategy. It’s our ambitious roadmap for a sustainable Newcastle - for a future that protects our coastline, our beaches, bushland, and biodiversity.

Action on Climate

Action on Climate

How City of Newcastle is reducing emissions, working toward net zero and our sustainable development goals.

Trees and Urban Forest

Trees and Urban Forest

Planting, pruning and removing trees. Caring for public trees and all about our urban forest.

Our Coastline

Our Coastline

Newcastle's coastline is home to a great diversity of coastal environments.

Waterways

Waterways

Find out about our coastline, catchments, river and stormwater.

Bush Fire

Bush Fire

A bush fire prone area is an area with the potential to support a bush fire or be subject to bush fire attack.

Flooding

Flooding

Be prepared, sign up to the Flood Alert Service and find out about flood management.

Invasive Species

Invasive Species

Noxious weeds are plants that pose a threat to agriculture or the community and have the potential to spread to other areas.

Get Involved

Get Involved

Tips on living sustainably, how to get involved, Landcare and managing environmental hazards.

Bushland

Bushland

City of Newcastle Council has regenerated over 2,210 hectares of bushland. We look forward to continuing this work to regenerate our natural environments and expand our urban forest.

Blue Green Grid

Blue Green Grid

The Blue Green Grid supports accessibility, recreation, biodiversity and liveability.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.