In Australia, the Cities Power Partnership is helping councils and cities make the switch to clean energy. But around the world there are noteworthy organisations and projects spearheading similarly successful climate initiatives with local governments and cities....
Regional communities around Australia have been hit hard by extreme weather events over summer. Townsville has been devastated by flooding that has driven hundreds of people from their homes after a year’s worth of rain fell in just nine days. In the Huon Valley,...
As councils from around Australia met in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, to demand action on climate change, fires continued to burn across northern NSW. Less than a week after 120 buildings were destroyed and dozens more damaged in a spate of bushfires in...
The Daily Telegraph | Central Coast Advocate | February 19, 2019 Fire seasons are getting longer and hotter, and it’s time for everybody to pull their weight. That is the message from former NSW Fire & Rescue Commissioner and Climate Councillor Greg...
COUNCILS AROUND AUSTRALIA have today been called to help protect their communities from worsening bushfires by the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Over 65 local and state government representatives, academics and community groups met in Katoomba,...
Net zero emissions, carbon neutral operations, power purchase agreement…… Australia’s local councils are punching above their weight when it comes to tackling climate change but it can be hard to understand what different council initiatives mean. This article breaks...
Blue Mountains Gazette | February 11, 2019 No one is more aware of bushfire risks than people who live in the Blue Mountains. Our home, just outside Sydney, is surrounded by beautiful, World-Heritage listed forests – and due to climate change, each...
WITH EXTREME HEAT DAYS set to become a more common summer occurrence in Adelaide due to climate change, the city’s plan to combat heat has been praised by the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Cities Power Partnership director Alix Pearce said that...
The Cities Power Partnership and Better Building Finance are working together to help councils across Australia inform their local businesses about an exciting funding initiative called Environmental Upgrade Finance . The funding model will help businesses of all...
SEARING HEAT IN MELBOURNE this week should be a wake-up call to city leaders to take action on climate change to protect vulnerable residents, according to the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Vulnerable low-income residents in suburbs such as Sunshine and...
