{"id":33070,"date":"2019-08-29T06:50:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=33070"},"modified":"2019-08-29T06:50:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T20:20:01","slug":"adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/","title":{"rendered":"City Of Adelaide (Council) Declares Climate Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency.jpg\" alt=\"City of Adelaide - Climate Emergency\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the addition of Adelaide on Tuesday, five of Australia&#8217;s capital city CBD councils have now declared a climate emergency.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s vote by City of Adelaide councillors wasn&#8217;t the first time endorsing a declaration had been attempted.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;While City Council knocked back my push for a Climate Emergency in March, I am very grateful to my colleagues who changed their minds last night,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RobertSimms84\/posts\/2431816127101933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said Cr. Robert Simms<\/a> who tabled the proposal with the backing of\u00a0 Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor. &#8220;We have sent a strong message to our community and cemented our place as a leader in fighting climate change.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The motion was passed 9 to 1.<\/p>\n<p>What changed the minds of resistant councillors this time around? Perhaps it was a presentation by the council\u2019s audit committee and Minter Ellison last week warning of climate change&#8217;s impact on property values and insurance premiums <a href=\"https:\/\/indaily.com.au\/news\/local\/2019\/08\/28\/city-council-changes-mind-on-climate-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says InDaily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Recent Council Declarations<\/h2>\n<p>When last we reported on the declaration movement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1174\/\"> just a couple of weeks ago<\/a>, 34 councils across Australia had declared climate emergencies. Since that time, the following councils have also done so:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bunbury City (Western Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Central Coast (New South Wales)<\/li>\n<li>Mornington Peninsula Shire (Victoria)<\/li>\n<li>Northern Beaches (New South Wales)<\/li>\n<li>Surf Coast Shire (Victoria)<\/li>\n<li>Town of Victoria Park (Western Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Bass Coast Shire Council (Victoria)<\/li>\n<li>Bega Valley Shire Council (New South Wales)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well as recognising the threat posed by climate change, declarations may contain commitments to investigating or implementing measures to mitigate impacts or reduce emissions at a local level through strategies such as the increased use of solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Bass Coast Shire Council in Victoria, which incorporates towns including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/wonthaggi-3995-vic\/\">Wonthaggi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/inverloch-3996-vic\/\">Inverloch<\/a>, will develop a 10-year action plan to help Council target net-zero emissions by 2030. In a news item published following its declaration decision, Bass Coast Mayor Cr Brett Tessari <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basscoast.vic.gov.au\/about-council\/news-listing\/climate-change-is-an-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> more than 150 kilowatts of solar panels had been installed on Council buildings to date, &#8220;with more to come&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Climate Emergency Declaration Statistics<\/h2>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/climateemergencydeclaration.org\/climate-emergency-declarations-cover-15-million-citizens\/\">web site tracking declarations<\/a>, the 42 Australian councils to have made declarations to date cover just under 15% of Australia&#8217;s population. The other capital city CBD councils to have made climate emergency declarations are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sydney-climate-emergency-mb1106\/\">Sydney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/noosa-melbourne-climate-emergency-mb1137\/\">Melbourne<\/a>, Hobart and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/darwin-climate-emergency-mb1156\/\">Darwin<\/a>. Brisbane City Council recently voted down a motion and I&#8217;m not clear on the situation with the City of Perth. Canberra is covered by a declaration made by the ACT government earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t just an Australian phenomenon. 974 jurisdictions in 18 countries covering 212 million people have declared a climate emergency to date. The movement in Britain has been particularly successful, with 70 per cent of the population living in areas where a climate emergency has been declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the addition of Adelaide on Tuesday, five of Australia&#8217;s capital city CBD councils have now declared a climate emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":33071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City Of Adelaide (Council) Declares Climate Emergency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With the addition of Adelaide on Tuesday, five of Australia&#039;s capital city CBD councils have now declared a climate emergency.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City Of Adelaide (Council) Declares Climate Emergency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the addition of Adelaide on Tuesday, five of Australia&#039;s capital city CBD councils have now declared a climate emergency.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-28T20:20:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"City Of Adelaide (Council) Declares Climate Emergency\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-28T20:20:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"commentCount\":11,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-climate-emergency-mb1193\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adelaide-climate-emergency.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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