The City of Kwinana has a responsibility to reduce the amount of carbon emissions it generates as part of its operations. This includes electricity use in local facilities and streetlights, indirect emissions from waste, embedded emissions in goods purchased and fuel consumption in the City’s fleet vehicles. The City must also address climate change as it would any other risk and put in place measures to adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events, water scarcity and sea level rise. The City has recognised its responsibility to mitigate and adapt to climate change in Objective 3.4 and 3.5 of the Strategic Community Plan.
This strategy has dual objectives. Mitigation – to continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to minimise the severity of climate change; and Adaptation – to implement strategies to ensure the City is prepared and able to adapt to current and future impacts of climate change.
