{"id":35909,"date":"2019-12-25T05:59:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=35909"},"modified":"2025-01-02T07:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:50:42","slug":"councils-climate-emergency-mb1343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Councils Piling On Climate Emergency Bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations.jpg\" alt=\"Climate emergency declarations\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More local governments leading the way &#8211; at least eight councils across Australia have declared climate emergencies in December.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The contents of <a href=\"https:\/\/climateemergencydeclaration.org\/framework-and-resource-to-help-councils-with-their-climate-emergency-response\/\">climate emergency declarations<\/a> vary, but usually contain an acknowledgement of the major threat posed to local and global communities and the urgent action required by all levels of government, plus commitments to local action.<\/p>\n<p>The first councils in Australia to make a declaration were Victoria&#8217;s Darebin City Council in late 2016, followed by Yarra City Council in early 2017. It was a slow start for the movement in Australia, with Yarra and Darebin on their own until 2018, when several more joined. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQC5Xml_m97eBQfjXeoG9ZP5U-ApXSiDJI7eYYqXzw7tyFBDmVDG5sbLxOoo5O29LOEM0EE21xTfthq\/pubhtml\/sheet?headers=false&amp;gid=0\">The latest count<\/a> indicates 84 councils have made a climate emergency declaration, with 79 of those doing so this year.<\/p>\n<p>Councils to have made declarations this month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au\/images\/council\/council_meetings\/Minutes_Ordinary_Meeting_of_Council_19_December_2019.pdf\">Borough of Queenscliffe<\/a> (VIC) &#8211; 19th December<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayside.vic.gov.au\/news\/plan-action-climate-emergency\">Bayside City<\/a> (VIC) &#8211; 17th December<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au\/Community-and-Wellbeing\/Environment-and-climate\/Climate-change\/Its-a-climate-emergency\">Mount Alexander Shire<\/a> (VIC) &#8211; 17th December<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandrina.sa.gov.au\/connect\/environment\/climate-change\/climate-emergency-declaration\">Alexandrina Shire<\/a> (SA) &#8211; 16th December<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victor.sa.gov.au\/council-activities\/environment-and-public-health\/environment-and-sustainability\/climate-change\">City Of Victor Harbor<\/a> (SA) &#8211; 16th December<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundaring.wa.gov.au\/AboutCouncil\/Council\/Documents\/Unconfirmed%20Minutes%20-%20Ordinary%20Council%20meeting%2010%20December%202019.pdf\">Mundaring Shire<\/a> (WA) &#8211; 10th December<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waverley.nsw.gov.au\/environment\/responding_to_climate_change_and_energy_emissions\/responding_to_climate_change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waverley<\/a> (NSW) &#8211; 10th December (also declared biodiversity emergency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0023\/380516\/cl19-12-09m.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Sturt City<\/a> (SA) &#8211; 9th December<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Climate emergency declarations may serve as a starting point for some councils and just another step for others in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>As an example of local action, Mount Alexander Shire Council has resolved to implement a roadmap that will lead to zero net emissions for its operations by 2025. Bayside City Council has solar power systems on at least half a dozen of its buildings and is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality for Council operations in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Many councils across Australia are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">installing solar<\/a> panels as a way of reducing emissions, but this action has another very positive impact &#8211; significantly reducing electricity costs, which benefits residents by freeing up financial resources for other purposes. The installation of solar energy systems sends a strong and at times very visible message to residents that their council is taking real action on both cutting carbon and costs.<\/p>\n<h2>Australian Councils Climate Change Action Leaders<\/h2>\n<p>The leading role Australian councils are playing in the battle against climate change and in supporting renewables uptake can be seen among the Climate Council&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/citiespowerpartnership.org.au\/\">Cities Power Partnership<\/a> (CPP) membership. The local government climate network now boasts more than 115 member councils from across the country, representing almost 11 million Australians &#8211; around 44% of our population.<\/p>\n<p>Membership of the CPP involves councils making five action pledges in relation to renewable energy, energy efficiency, transport or working in partnership to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More local governments leading the way &#8211; at least eight councils across Australia have declared climate emergencies in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":35910,"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-35909","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>Australian Councils Piling On Climate Emergency Bandwagon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More local governments leading the way - at least eight councils across Australia have declared climate emergencies in December.\" \/>\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\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Councils Piling On Climate Emergency Bandwagon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More local governments leading the way - at least eight councils across Australia have declared climate emergencies in December.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-12-24T19:29:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-01T21:50:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations.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\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Councils Piling On Climate Emergency Bandwagon\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-24T19:29:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-01T21:50:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/\"},\"wordCount\":424,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/councils-climate-emergency-mb1343\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/climate-emergency-declarations.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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