ICLEI Oceania would like to welcome Blacktown City Council, as a new member of the ICLEI network. Blacktown is a vibrant city located in the heart of Greater Sydney, halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains, with a reputation for being on the forefront of sustainability and climate action.
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A new committee for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) in Oceania, established to address climate change from a local level has met for the first time. The committee aims to boost collaboration between cities, local governments and community partners globally to achieve emissions reductions while adapting to a changing climate.
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The ACT Government uses a Renewables Reverse Auction mechanism to determine how the households in Canberra are powered. The latest round of the Government’s renewable electricity ‘reverse auction’ will help Canberra stay 100% renewable into the next decade and deliver the best pricing outcome for residents in the program’s history.
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Hobsons Bay has taken a major step towards its climate change mitigation goals of achieving net-zero emissions for council emissions by 2020 and for its community emissions by 2030. It is installing new solar panels on more than 40 council owned and occupied buildings, acting as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP).
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On Tuesday 25 August 2020, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council (MPS) unanimously adopted its ambitious Climate Emergency Plan – Ensuring Our Future: Our Climate Emergency Response, the sixth Climate Emergency Plan developed and adopted by an Australian local government.
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ICLEI Oceania is delighted to welcome two new members to the ICLEI network, the City of West Torrens and Cairns Regional Council. Now part of ICLEI’s global network of more than 1,750 local and regional governments, Cairns and West Torrens will contribute to and benefit from city-to-city knowledge exchange, technical expertise and contribute to global advocacy campaigns and processes.
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The City of Newcastle is working closely with community and local businesses to create a new 2025 Climate Action Plan to fast-track its vision for a low-carbon future. The draft Plan is on exhibition until 5pm Monday 31 August 2020.
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The City of Melbourne is one in a group of prominent Melbourne universities and businesses that has secured a multi-million-dollar deal to power operations from wind energy produced in regional Victoria. The purchasing group seven large energy users includes RMIT University, Deakin University, Cbus, Property, ISPT, Fulton Hogan, Citywide Asphalt and Mondelez International.
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On Monday 9th March 2020, the City of Hobart voted to ban plastic packaging in the City from 2021. Hobart is the first city in Australia to ban single-use plastics applying to any business that sell takeaway food.
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Uber launched its dockless e-bike share scheme - JUMP! Bikes - in Melbourne with an initial 400 electric bikes released onto the streets on Wednesday 4th March.
Three ICLEI member councils – Melbourne, Port Phillip and Yarra – are part of the pilot, and they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Uber to ensure the trial goes smoothly and avoids the pitfalls of previous bike share schemes. The trial is an example of how councils are taking steps to explore all the options on the table when it comes to sustainable mobility.
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More frequent and severe heavy rainfall events, flooding and landslides are what keep Honiara villagers awake at night. ICLEI and Honiara Council representatives have visited several of the most vulnerable settlements in Honiara from November 2019 to February 2020 and talked with village leaders and residents.
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Nationally heritage listed for their unique design, the Adelaide Park Lands consist of 760 hectares of parks, squares and gardens – making them the largest inner urban park system in Australia. The Park Lands contribute to Adelaide consistently being named one of the most liveable cities in the world and provide a space where residents and visitors alike can enjoy healthy and balanced living through sport and exercise, recreation and relaxation.
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Melbourne, 14-15th of February. A string of chattering people streamed up Collins Street from the doors of the Melbourne Town Hall, waiting to enter Australia’s first National Climate Emergency Summit. At the time, over 70 local governments in Australia and 1,350 globally had declared a climate emergency. ICLEI personnel, councils, and representatives from our Regional Executive and Global Executive Committees were present.
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The City of Ballarat is leading the way for recycling by removing glass from roadside recycling collection. This is an encouraging to the collapse of recycler SKM Recycling this year, which left dozens of councils stranded with tonnes of waste.
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