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Beyond Zero Emissions9.85 MB Beyond Zero Emissions Level 3, Ross House 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Victoria 300 http://bze.org.au/ 26 August 2019 The Committee Manager Legislative Assembly, Environment and Planning Committee Parliament House, Spring Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 RE: Parliamentary Inquiry into Tackling Climate Change in Victorian Communities Communities and Council’s have a strong and proud history of leading climate action and many are working towards 100% renewable energy goals and zero emissions targets. Beyond Zero Emissions has supported community groups via our Zero Carbon Communities program since 2015. There ​ ​ are 14 Victorian community groups in the program at present. We currently provide support via our base of volunteers and by developing resources that can be shared and benefit all communities. Based on our experience in running this project - along with our supporting research - our three core recommendations to expedite the success of this work are: 1. Legislate emissions reduction targets for maximum effect. Set science-based targets that meet the 1.5°C challenge and support communities and council’s to access local level emissions inventories. We recognise and support the leadership of the Victorian Government in legislating its current emissions target. 2. Removing barriers to innovation. Community lead action often faces legislative difficulties due to the current system being designed for centralised solutions. State level policies that enable and recognise distributed energy models, facilitate the establishment of co-operatives and are designed with the ability to cope with change and innovation are needed. 3. Supporting communities with legal, technical and financial support to turn community led projects into reality. Firstly, ​ support of operational costs for local groups, as local climate change work is accelerated through the funding of a local community representative to lead the work. Secondly, support programs that share technical expertise and resources between councils, community and industry. In support of this submission, I draw your attention to the key findings and recommendations of the attached report, the Australian Local Government Climate Review. The report summarises the work being done by urban, rural and regional ​ communities in Australia to tackle climate change. The report also details our recommendations for Councils, community groups, the Federal Government and State Governments to support these communities (page 26 - 27). Our recommendations for State Government are: ● Legislate emissions reductions targets for maximum effect ● Support communities and councils to access annually updated corporate and community emissions inventories ● Improve building standard legislation and land use planning 1 Beyond Zero Emissions Level 3, Ross House 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Victoria 300 http://bze.org.au/ ● Increase certainty for investors to enable long term emissions reduction investment ● Support programs to share technical expertise and resources between councils, community groups and industry ● Build 2°C or lower climate change actions into relevant Local Government Acts ● Support carbon budget reporting platforms for council and community ● Support and accelerate renewable energy targets. In closing, we highlight the leadership, ambition and action we see through our work with communities. There is great capacity and drive within communities. The right support will empower communities to transition to zero, strengthening Victoria’s economic and our well-being in the transition. Vanessa Petrie CEO Beyond Zero Emissions 2 AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Climate Review 2018 Publishing details Published by Beyond Zero Emissions, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI Oceania) and Ironbark Sustainability. Beyond Zero Emissions Ross House Association, 247 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia Australian Local Government Climate Review should be attributed to Beyond Zero Emissions, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI Oceania) and Ironbark Sustainability. First published April 2018 This publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License. In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the work, as long as you attribute the work and abide by the other license terms. To view a copy of this license, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This document is available for download from http://bze.org.au This work does not necessarily reflect the formal position of each contributing organisation. ISBN - 978-0-9923580-4-4 Requests and inquiries should be directed to: Imogen Jubb National Manager, Zero Carbon Communities Beyond Zero Emissions [email protected] Bernie Cotter Regional Director Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy for ICLEI Oceania ICLEI Oceania Local governments for sustainability [email protected] Alexi Lynch Business Manager Ironbark Sustainability [email protected] © 2018 Beyond Zero Emissions, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI Oceania) and Ironbark Sustainability. Disclaimer The information contained in this document produced by Beyond Zero Emissions, ICLEI Oceania and Ironbark Sustainability is to be used solely for the purpose for which it has been prepared. Beyond Zero Emissions, ICLEI Oceania and Ironbark Sustainability undertake no duty to or accept any responsibility to any third party who may rely upon this document. All rights reserved. Contributors and acknowledgments This review was generously supported by the Lord Organisations Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and The Robert Hicks Foundation, managed by Equity Trustees. Beyond Zero Emissions is one of Australia’s most respected climate change think tanks. We produce Project Directors independent research demonstrating that zero emissions is achievable and affordable now. Imogen Jubb - Principal Bernie Cotter Beyond Zero Emissions' work is carried out by a small Alexi Lynch staff of experts, the help of academic institutions and a large network of volunteer scientists, engineers and Lead Analyst economists. We are funded by private foundations and concerned individuals. Matthew Sullivan You can be a part of Beyond Zero Emissions' Lead Beyond Zero Emissions audacious vision for a Zero Carbon Australia by making a donation to fund our research. Eighty-five volunteers per cent of our researchers are volunteers, making your donation go a long way. Marina Barbosa Yee-Ling Low To find out how visit: http://bze.org.au/donate Zoe MacFarlane ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is the Beyond Zero Emissions volunteer leading global network of over 1,500 cities, towns and regions worldwide committed to building a research team sustainable future. In Australia ICLEI Oceania is the focal point for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Angus Keck Climate and Energy and initiates numerous other Anneliz Marie Erese sustainability programs and networks. Anthony Napoli Ashley Christie Ironbark Sustainability (Ironbark) is a specialist local Asifa Hasan government consultancy that works with councils Darragh Kelly around Australia by assisting them to reduce energy Declan Joseph Gleeson and water usage through sustainable asset and data Gideon Towett management and on-the-ground implementation. James Wight Over the last decade, Ironbark has worked with over Katherine Lindsay-Smith 250 councils around Australia on energy efficiency, Lovisa Carli renewable energy, data management, emissions Michael Graham reporting, target development and broader climate Neil Robbins change strategies and action plans to reduce Niina Kautto emissions and improve sustainability outcomes for Stephen Pollard councils and their communities. Tayla Murphy Ironbark is currently working with over 100 councils Yao Zhang around Australia to develop community-wide Graphic Design greenhouse emissions profiles and science-derived emissions reduction targets. The concept of real action underpins everything we do. Ironbark is only Paperplane Collective interested in local government projects or programs that will result in real action on climate and real action on sustainability. Table of contents Introduction 1 2018 climate review 2 Key findings 3 Results 5 Recommendations 26 Conclusion 29 Appendix 30 Australian Local Government Climate Review - 2018 Report 04 Introduction Globally, local governments and their communities For this review, Beyond Zero Emissions, ICLEI, and are leading the way on climate action, aligning Ironbark invited Australian council and community with the latest climate science and international stakeholders to take part in a wide-ranging survey to agreements. Many are already working towards 100% better understand local government climate change renewable energy goals and zero emissions targets. targets, actions, strategies and policies. Nationally, Australia is struggling to develop effective This review provides a comprehensive assessment of policies to rapidly decarbonise the economy. actions councils are undertaking and the barriers and Current initiatives are not achieving our obligations opportunities facing councils and their communities. under the Paris Agreement. The policy environment over the past two decades has not resulted in effective emissions reduction and current data from the Department of Energy and Environment demonstrate an increase in emissions. Despite current federal inaction, state and territory governments are stepping up to kick start the transition required. Governments of New South Wales, Victoria,
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