{"id":31327,"date":"2019-06-24T08:17:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T21:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=31327"},"modified":"2019-06-24T20:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T09:54:40","slug":"sydney-climate-emergency-mb1106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sydney-climate-emergency-mb1106\/","title":{"rendered":"City Of Sydney (Council) To Vote On Climate Emergency Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31328\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31328\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/moore-climate-emergency-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"City of Sydney Mayor Clover Moore - climate emergency\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/moore-climate-emergency-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/moore-climate-emergency-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/moore-climate-emergency-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/moore-climate-emergency.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Clover Moore &#8211; City of Sydney | Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=37691907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hpeterswald<\/a>, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the City of Sydney Council meeting this evening councillors will be voting on declaring a climate emergency and putting more pressure on the Federal Government to act on climate change.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The declaration is being driven by Mayor Clover Moore.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Moore has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CloverMoore\/status\/1141968320658153472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pointed out<\/a> Australia\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/emissions-australia-un-mb1075\/\"> increased every year for the last four years<\/a> and while City of Sydney will reach its 2030 emissions reduction target by 2024, federal government policies &#8220;simply aren&#8217;t working&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;I believe this Council should declare a climate emergency, step up our efforts to hold the Federal Government to account and explore new strategies for making the city more sustainable into the future, and fostering our green economy,&#8221; says Mayor Moore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If the vote is in favour, among the following actions will be a call to the federal government to respond the emergency by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>taking urgent action to meet Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets by reintroducing a price on carbon.<\/li>\n<li>establishing a Just Transition Authority, funded to ensure Australians working in fossil fuel industries are provided opportunities for alternative viable and appropriate employment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>City of Sydney&#8217;s climate focus appears to be strongly backed by its ~208,000-strong population.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When the City of Sydney consulted for our long term strategic plan &#8211; Sustainable Sydney 2030 &#8211; 97 percent of people said they wanted strong climate action, so we made it our top priority,&#8221; says the mayor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At a recent meeting hosted by Council attended by more than 300 leaders from the local business community, community groups, government and cultural institutions, 85 percent agreed when asked if the City should declare a climate emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Moore&#8217;s notes on tonight&#8217;s related agenda item <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au\/documents\/s30506\/Our%20Response%20to%20the%20Climate%20Emergency.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Declaration of climate emergencies by councils across the country are becoming more common, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/hobart-climate-emergency-debate-mb1063\/\">not all go according to plan<\/a>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/climateemergencydeclaration.org\/climate-emergency-declarations-cover-15-million-citizens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this website<\/a>, 22 councils representing roughly two million people and 8.3 per cent of Australia&#8217;s population have declared a climate emergency. Beyond our shores, more than 600 jurisdictions have made declarations.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Energy &amp; City Of Sydney&#8217;s Emissions Reduction Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>In March this year City of Sydney committed to using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sydney-renewable-energy-mb0994\/\">100 per cent renewable energy<\/a> sources to meet its electricity needs and has already installed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/\">solar panels<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au\/photos\/in-pictures-see-the-scale-of-solar-power-in-sydney\">some of its buildings<\/a>. 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