Climate Summit for Local Government

Sept 6-8, 2023 | Melbourne

A clean energy future

STRATHBOGIE SHIRE COUNCIL was one of 35 councils in Australia to join the Cities Power Partnership (CPP) at the official launch last month. The CPP is a national program of the Climate Council created to accelerate, celebrate and promote local government successes in...

Climate Council joins forces with 35 Aussie councils to tackle climate

This article originally appeared in Dunolly News here (page 8). THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has released a new report highlighting the potential and powerful benefits of climate action at a local level, including the scale of action already underway, as the Federal Government...

Australian councils at the cutting edge of climate change policy

This article originally appeared in Architecture and Design here. According to the Climate Council, Australian councils are way ahead of state and federal governments when it comes to tackling climate change and capitalising on renewable energy. According to the...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT READY TO LEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE – IF WE LET THEM

This article originally appeared here in The Greens Online, Yesterday’s detailed Climate Council report shows Local Government leading the charge on climate change, despite repeated attacks from the Coalition Government. This report is proof that Local...

In the absence of national leadership, cities are driving climate policy

This article originally appeared in Reneweconomy here. Imagine a future in which every one of Australia’s 537 local government areas, including all our capital cities and major regional centres, achieve net zero greenhouse emissions. It might sound like a pipe dream,...