Climate Action
We are facing a climate emergency. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that we need to turn around increasing rates of greenhouse emissions in the next 12 years to keep global temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius and to give us any chance of a safe climate. In Canberra we have taken strong action on climate change, moving from coal-fired power to electricity generated by solar and wind. But there is still work to do on transport and gas emissions to deliver a carbon-neutral city. And we need to ensure that our city is resilient in the face of the challenges that our changing climate will bring.
CCACT CLimate policy statement
Climate working group
The CCACT Climate Working Group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 1pm. The Climate Working Group is open to anyone interested in climate including member groups, staff and board members. To become involved please fill in the get involved form.
 member groups
The Conservation Council is proud to support many member groups working towards a safe climate. Find out about these groups and how you can get involved here.
Latest News
Canberra Climate Groups Unite Against Labor Failing Climate and Murujuga
Canberra climate activists are uniting with Conservation Councils across Australia. Demonstrators will convoy today with Albanese’s Woodside Carbon Bomb (see image), to all four Labor politicians - outraged and heartbroken by the Environment Minister Murray Watt’s...
Albanese Labor Government committing climate vandalism
Absolute climate vandalism happened this week during reconciliation week. The Albanese Labor Government approved Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension. In his first act as Environment Minister, Murray Watt, has approved Australia's largest and dirtiest fossil fuel...
Nature needs national protection. EPA now!
The natural beauty that we are so fortunate to live within is under threat here in Canberra and around Australia. Bushlands are being cleared, polluting fossil fuel projects are being opened and expanded, and increasing numbers of species face extinction including...
Big win as ACT Legislative Assembly agrees to get fossil fuels out of Canberra Schools
The Conservation Council ACT Region and Comms Declare have today jointly welcomed the passage of a motion in the ACT Legislative Assembly calling on the Government to get fossil fuels out of Canberra’s schools. The motion, moved by Greens MLA Laura Nuttall, calls on...
Conservation Council joins Fossil Free ACT campaign to call for end to fossil fuel sponsorship in schools
A new survey by communications collective, Comms Declare and peak environment body, Conservation Council ACT, has revealed increased worry and alarm over fossil fuel companies’ involvement in schools. As pupils across the country return to school this week, new data...
Conservation Council Joins in Protest Against ALP Betrayal on Climate and Environment
This week the Conservation Council joined with community members for a snap action outside the office of Federal Member for Canberra, Alicia Payne, asking her to stand up for our climate and environment. Over the past two weeks the Federal ALP have once again betrayed...
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