ACT Climate Change Strategy 2019–25.

The ACT Climate Change Strategy 2019–25 places a strong focus on reducing emissions from transport and gas—the two largest sources of emissions. Unlike electricity, emission reductions in these sectors are less influenced by Government and will require active participation of the whole community.
The five key priorities of this strategy are summarised below and some of the actions are included in the following section: 1) Community leadership and just transition (grants and trialling new models for collaboration, encourage preparedness and adaptation action by households and businesses, monitor and promote innovation); 2) ACT Government leadership (zero emissions Government passenger vehicle fleet and bus fleet, reduce emissions from Government operations, shift to high efficiency Government buildings and facilities, consider the ‘social cost of carbon’ and climate change adaptation outcomes in all policies, budget decisions, and procurement and capital works decisions, invest the social cost of emissions, monitor and ensure infrastructure and services are resilient to climate change impacts. 3) Transport (Support and plan for better public transport and facilitate innovation, encourage active travel by continuing to improve cycle paths and walkability, continue to encourage the uptake of zero emissions vehicles. 4) Waste avoidance and management (Divert organic waste from landfill by continuing to roll out garden waste collection, investigate options to divert additional organic, identify opportunities to reduce emissions from organic waste treatment. 5) Energy, buildings and urban development (Encourage a shift from gas to electricity, improve energy performance and climate change resilience requirements for new buildings and introduce minimum energy performance requirements for rental dwellings, improve liveability and adapt to the impacts of climate change by ensuring adequate and appropriate mature tree cover, plan for efficient and sustainable urban land use to reduce emissions and maintain and enhance living infrastructure and biodiversity. 6) Land use and biodiversity (Identify and enable opportunities for carbon sequestration in trees and soils and for adaptation innovation, encourage sustainable farming practices which are fit for the current and future climate, continue to identify the risks from climate change to species, ecological communities and ecosystems and take action to improve resilience and adaptation).