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Monica Richter Sustainable Australia Program Manager NATIONAL AGENDA FOR A SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA: • 1. Lead the transition to a clean economy and sustainable Australia • 2. Take effective climate change action now • 3. Transform our cities to be world leaders in efficiency and liveability NATIONAL AGENDA FOR A SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA: • 4. Rescue our life support systems and restore our ecosystems to health • 5. Secure an environmentally sustainable future for Northern Australia What is ACF asking for – Sustainable Homes, Cities and Transport? • Cut energy and water waste in our homes and workplaces • Deliver world class public and active transport systems What is ACF asking for – Sustainable Homes, Cities and Transport? • green precincts and healthy carbon neutral cities • Clean up Australia’s vehicle fleet • • • • Developed over six months. Collation of 3000 pieces of data 20 cities selected Covering 133 local government areas • Literature Review • Exploration exercise for ‘ideal list of indicators’ • Data collection - Application of ‘key tests’: PUBLICLY AVAILABLE and CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL 133 local government areas. • • • • • • • Indicator refinement Professional reviewers Academic reviewers Project refinement Final ranking Twitter/Facebook feed initiated Publication and Launch • Australia’s 20 largest cities Adelaide Bendigo Canberra-Queanbeyan Gold Coast-Tweed Melbourne Sunshine Coast Townsville Albury-Wodonga Brisbane Darwin Hobart Newcastle Sydney Wollongong Ballarat Cairns Geelong Launceston Perth Toowoomba • 15 different indicators Air Quality Green Building Biodiversity Density Transport Climate Change Education Food Production Ecological Footprint Water Health Subjective Wellbeing Employment Public Participation Household Repayments Canberra - Australian Capital Tourism • Most sustainable city in 2010: Darwin Darwin - Tourism NT - David Silva 1 Darwin 11 Toowoomba 2 Sunshine Coast 12 Sydney 3 Brisbane 13 Launceston 4 Townsville =1 4 Adelaide 5 Canberra-Queanbeyan =1 4 Ballarat 6 Hobart 15 Albury-Wodonga 7 Melbourne 16 Wollongong 8 Gold Coast-Tweed 17 Newcastle 9 Cairns 18 Geelong 19 Perth 10 Bendigo • Distribution of cities Ideal city The 20 cities in 2010 Worst potential city (1st in all 15 indicators) (Darwin to Perth) (Last in all 15 indicators) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Comparative Table • Hobart Mercury | June 15, 2010 Margaret Steadman from local community group, Sustainable Living Tasmania . • Sunshine Coast Daily | June 15, 2010 Narelle McCarthy, manager of the Sunshine Coast Environmental Council Geelong Advertiser | June 15, 2010 Example of local resident focus from media coverage • Observations – No city is exceptional – Consistent messages: • High energy and water consumption • Poor infrastructure – ALL CITIES CAN IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE • The two key indicators of success: – Public awareness through media coverage – The extent of penetration into political decision-making City Fact Sheet (Darwin) • The LARGEST OBSTACLE was the lack of data or availability of data for either the preferred indictor or for the city itself. • 15 different indicators • • • • • • • Air Quality - State EPAs Ecological Footprint – Syd Uni’s Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis Green Building - GBCA Water – National Water Commission Biodiversity – Aust Natural Resources Atlas Health – National Diabetes Service Scheme Density - Census Canberra - Australian Capital Tourism • 15 different indicators • • • • • • • • Subjective Wellbeing – Aust Centre Quality of Life, Deakin Uni Transport - Census Employment – DEEWR small area labour markets Climate Change – ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection Five Milestone Process Public Participation - Census Education - Census Household Repayments - Census Canberra - Australian Capital Tourism Food Production – ABS and Aust Community Foods For more information visit: www.acfonline.org.au/citiesindex