Apr 15, 2019 | Climate, Transport, Urban planning
There’s a lot to like about the Government’s draft transport strategy which was released for public consultion earlier this year. However the Conservation Council provided feedback to the Government that while the strategy includes on many good ideas associated with...
Feb 27, 2019 | Campaigns, Climate
After the ACT reaches its 2020 Renewable Electricity Target, natural gas will become the ACT’s second largest generator of greenhouse gases, accounting for 21 per cent of emissions. Minister Shane Rattenbury said in 2018 that “Gas is going to be a...
Oct 23, 2018 | Campaigns, Climate, Nature and waterways
The Conservation Council ACT Region has joined with other groups through the Australian Forest Climate Alliance in endorsing this position statement. Position Statement on Forest Biomass Energy We share a vision of a world in which thriving natural forests play a...
Sep 18, 2018 | Campaigns, Climate
On Tuesday 18 September 2018, the ACT, with tri-partisan support in the parliament, set a new zero net emissions target by 2045, passing the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Principal Target) Amendment Bill 2018 to amend the zero net emissions target in...
Jun 19, 2018 | Campaigns, Climate
The Conservation Council joined with our member groups Australian Youth Climate Council (AYCC), Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) , Canberra Environment Centre, Climate Action Canberra, Frank Fenner Foundation, SEE-Change and 350Canberra; as well as with Australian...
Apr 9, 2018 | Campaigns, Climate
The Conservation Council wrote on behalf of Climate Change Liaison Group members to Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury MLA, expressing concern that the ACT Government has obtained modelling for the ACT to offset its greenhouse emissions...
