Australian local government emission reduction targets

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Australian local government emission reduction targets are set in Australia by local governments (also known as Councils).

1 City of Whitehorse, Melbourne, Victoria
2 City of Darebin, Melbourne, Victoria
3 City of Melbourne
4 City of Boroondara
5 References

[edit] City of Whitehorse, Melbourne, Victoria

Council’s revised Energy Conservation Goals:

Corporate Goals:

Reduce corporate Greenhouse Gas emissions by 25% by 2012 (compared with 2002 levels)
To be Carbon Neutral across all Council operations by 2015
Reduce corporate Greenhouse Gas emissions by 35% by 2020 (compared with 2002 levels)

Community Goals:

Reduce community Greenhouse Gas emissions by 20% by 2012 (compared with 1996 levels)
Reduce community Greenhouse Gas emissions by 30% by 2020 (compared with 1996 levels)^[1]

[edit] City of Darebin, Melbourne, Victoria

Darebin Council's 2010 emissions reduction target of 20% reduction on 1995 emission levels was achieved ahead of time in the 2008/2009 financial year.^[2]

The City of Darebin has set a target of zero net emissions by 2020.^[3]y

[edit] City of Melbourne

In 2003 the City of Melbourne set a target of zero net emissions by 2020.^[4]

The Greenhouse Action Plan 2006-2010 will be reviewed on a two yearly basis, subsequent to the completion and analysis of City of Melbourne’s yearly greenhouse inventory.

The City of Melbourne has set the following goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions:

To reduce Council’s own emissions by 30 percent below 1996 levels by 2010, and to achieve zero net emissions for the organisation by 2020;
To reduce the municipality’s emissions by 20 percent below 1996 levels by 2010, and to reach zero net emissions for the municipality by 2020.

[edit] City of Boroondara

The carbon reduction aim for Boroondara Council was increased in 2009 to the range 30-40% below 2007-08 levels by 2020. It was previously set at 25-40%.^[5]

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