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Folks Like Us: Organisations like the CPP around the globe
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....
For trailblazers there is a will and a way
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,...
Australian councils unite over bushfire risks
SBS NEWS | February 20, 2019 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...
Climate change bushfire risk: 60 councils attend forum
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 Mullins.
COUNCILS CALLED TO RAMP UP BUSHFIRE ACTION
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,...
EXPLAINER: Council renewable energy and emissions commitments
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...
Our Future: cause of heightened fire risk is now obvious
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 bushfire...
MEDIA RELEASE: ADELAIDE HEATWAVE PLAN A HOT TICKET, SAYS CLIMATE ALLIANCE
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...
Councils can help build bushfire-smart communities
The Scone Advocate | February 9, 2019 As a firefighter for nearly 50 years, I’ve seen first-hand the devastation bushfire brings to communities. And this month in particular, with fires raging in Tasmania and Victoria and the anniversary of Black Saturday, is a...
New funding model: how councils can help local businesses get on board with clean energy
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...
Scorching Melbourne suburbs on the climate frontline
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...
Five ways cities can step up on climate change
You could be forgiven for thinking that 2018 was one of the worst years yet for climate change. Global greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise, the US is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and climate change-fuelled extreme weather wreaked havoc in communities...
Mayor Rex Parris and Lesley Hughes on cities taking climate action
As seen on Nine's Today Show, 23 December, 2018: Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris and Lesley Hughes share how cities across Australia and the globe are stepping up to take action against climate change.Watch the coverage here:
Beating the heat in the ‘burbs – how councils can combat urban heat islands
If the term “urban heat island” wasn’t bad enough, experts have now coined the phrase “urban heat continent”, highlighting the spread of heat affected urban areas in Australian cities, primarily Melbourne and Sydney. A recent survey by 202020 Vision gathered...
Melbourne councils help pensioners beat the heat with solar
WITH TEMPERATURES SET TO soar above 40 degrees today, Melbourne councils are helping vulnerable residents to beat the heat with solar power. The Solar Savers program, originally developed by City of Darebin council, helps pensioners to install solar systems with no...
Councils ready to lead on electric vehicles
This article first appeared on ARENA Wire on December 21 2018. Could electrifying the cars and trucks used by councils be a way to kick-start our local electric vehicle industry? The Cities Power Partnership was keen to find out, so recently undertook a...
CPP’s 12 Days of Christmas
In honour of the festive season, we’ve singled out 12 awesome Cities Power Partnership council’s renewable energy or energy efficiency projects.
Why Newcastle needs an electric race event
As V8 engines thunder down Supercars tracks, another kind of motorsport is fast gaining pace. Electric auto racing may be motorsports sustainable future.