Transcript Cr A Wood
City of Melbourne’s low carbon future journey Councillor Arron Wood City of Melbourne Three primary challenges Population growth and intensification Urban heating Climate change Sea level rise Reduced rainfall & drought Extreme heatwave & bushfire Intense rainfall & wind storm Zero Net Emissions by 2020 Municipal emissions profile 2013-14 CoM has control over less than 1% of municipal emissions Climate Mitigation Actions we are taking to tackle climate change • Maintaining our status as a Carbon Neutral organisation • Increasing Green Infrastructure; water, trees and green roofs • Leading our residential and business communities with programs to help reduce their energy, water use and waste • Participating in multiple C40 networks to learn from other leading cities around the globe Integrated Climate Adaptation Model Identifies vulnerable areas and climate change influences Compares adaptation strategies through intervention modelling Facilitates strategic decision making City of Melbourne pledge Working together, the City of Melbourne pledges to play our part and take action on climate change for Victoria, our country and our planet. Melbourne is one of the world’s most liveable cities and the City of Melbourne aims to make it one of the most sustainable too. Through our strategies, policies, and programs, we aim for a city that reduces its environmental impact, is resilient to the impacts of climate change and intelligently prepares for the changing needs of the community, the environment and the economy. In 2003, we announced our ambitious goal to achieve Zero Net Emissions for our municipality by 2020. We also have a target to achieve 25 per cent renewable energy for the municipality by 2018. We practice what we preach. Our organisation became carbon neutral in 2012 and we have maintained this status ever since. In 2006, we built Council House 2, Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star new office building. Today with the support of industry; Melbourne also boasts the largest concentration of green buildings in any Australian capital city. We have also united a group of large scale energy users in the Melbourne Renewable Energy Project. The group aims to purchase 110 GWh of energy from new large scale renewable energy facilities in regional Australia. This is enough energy to power more than 28,000 households in Melbourne for a year. We have also entered into an agreement with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) for $30 million in financing. This will allow us to upgrade our street lighting network to energy efficient LED lights, install 300 kW worth of rooftop solar panels on Council and community facilities, and allocate $10million to energy efficiency projects through the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. Take2 Victorians are invited to visit the pledge website at Take2.vic.gov.au and register their commitment.