Climate Summit for Local Government

Sept 6-8, 2023 | Melbourne
Tackling climate change is a community effort

Tackling climate change is a community effort

Cr Mark Honey, Mayor of Kiama, looks at how councils can support their community to tackle climate change together. As a fifth-generation dairy farmer, my family has weathered many changes over the years. Climate change is certainly creating a challenge. The dairy...
Building a climate resilient community

Building a climate resilient community

Amanda Lawrence, Local Emergency Management Officer at Wingecarribee Shire Council, talks about how her council is helping elderly residents to prepare for climate change. Climate change will affect almost every aspect of our daily lives, from higher temperatures and...
Regional cooperation will drive electric car uptake

Regional cooperation will drive electric car uptake

Professor Will Steffen talks about the need for visionary urban transport policy to drive down car pollution. Australians love our cars – and we love driving them. But this love affair with petrol-driven transport is taking a toll on our climate. Australia-wide,...
Business and renewables are a winning combination

Business and renewables are a winning combination

Cr Bryan Payne, Mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire, talks about his council’s work to help local businesses ramp up renewable energy. Australian business and renewable energy are a winning combination. Almost half of all major businesses in Australia are...
How one little shire beat big electricity bills

How one little shire beat big electricity bills

You shouldn’t have to choose between turning on your heater or paying your power bill. For many of the residents of Strathbogie, this was a very real and difficult decision they were making every day. Power bills were escalating, with people freezing in their homes in...