Guest blog series: Shay Singh, Executive Manager, Better Building Finance As governments, businesses and communities chart the course to economic recovery, we have a golden opportunity to make sure it’s a sustainable and equitable one. With financial hardships...
Many Australian councils have made tremendous inroads addressing their own council operating emissions, the next challenge is to take their communities to net zero emissions. This case study set outs how the City of Port Phillip scoped and set its net zero community...
Net Zero is the Way to Go Australian attitudes toward a net zero carbon future as an achievable goal are changing rapidly. Every state in the country has a net zero target, and key peak bodies (including the Business Council of Australia, the ACTU, National Farmers...
Blue Mountains City Council has seen a 15% reduction in emissions since 2015/2016, based on emissions performance in the 2018/2019 financial year. As one of a handful of Councils in NSW to declare a climate emergency, Council’s Carbon Abatement Action Plan (CAAP) –...
CLIMATE change might be contentious across the region’s councils, but an Orange councillor says good progress is being made to save electricity and by extension, costs and the city’s carbon footprint. Dubbo Regional Council recently joined the Cities Power...
The City has joined the Cities Power Partnership (CPP) to help it transition to renewable energy and achieve ambitious carbon reduction targets set out in the recently-endorsed Carbon Reduction Plan. CPP is Australia’s largest local government climate network and will...
THE WORLD’S BUSIEST COAL PORT is reinventing itself as a renewable energy powerhouse, with a local council just north of Sydney, NSW driving the community’s clean energy uptake. The Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership is today premiering footage of how the City...
The word is out – renewable energy is a no-brainer, and Australian communities are embracing the switch to clean energy in a big way. Meet Newcastle, the world’s busiest coal port that’s reinventing itself as a renewable energy powerhouse. From the local bowling...
Dubbo Regional Council | April 01, 2020 Dubbo Regional Council is now a member of the Cities Power Partnership program, joining forces with councils across the country in an effort to accelerate Australia’s transition to a renewable energy future, and ultimately slash...
The Cities Power Partnership will postpone its national climate summit, Transforming Australia 2020, in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cities Power Partnership director, David Craven said the summit would still be held in Noosa, however postponed until...
