Post Paris What does the 1.5oC Paris Agreement mean for Local Government Emission Reduction Targets

Today Target Setting Background and Context Hitting and Missing Targets What Paris Means Science-Based Targets Around the World

Who has a Corporate Target? Quickly… who has a corporate target? From around ~100 council staff we survyed a month ago

Who has a Community Target? Perhaps unsurprisingly… community target? From around ~100 council staff we survyed a month ago.

Back in 2008 ACT Adelaide Alice Springs Alpine Ararat Armadale Ashfield Auburn Ballarat Ballina Bankstown Banyule Bass Coast Bassendean Baulkham Hills Baw Baw Bayside Bayswater Beaudesert Bega Belmont Benalla Blacktown Blue Mountains Boroondara Botany Bay Bowen Brighton Brimbank Brisbane Buloke Bunbury Burdekin Burnside Burwood Byron Caboolture Cairns Calliope Caloundra Cambridge Camden Campaspe Campbelltown Canada Bay Canning Canterbury Cardinia Carrathool Casey Central Goldfields Cessnock Charles Sturt Clare & Gilbert Claremont Clarence Cockburn Coffs Harbour Colac Otway Corangamite Cottesloe Darebin Darwin Douglas Dubbo East Fremantle Eurobodalla Fairfield Frankston Fremantle Gannawarra Gladstone Glenorchy Gold Coast Golden Plains Gosford Gosnells Greater Bendigo Greater Dandenong Greater Geelong Greater Shepparton Greater Taree Griffith Hastings Hawkesbury Hepburn Hervey Bay Hobart Hobsons Bay Holdfast Bay Holroyd Hornsby Horsham Hume Hunters Hill Hurstville Indigo Ipswich Joondalup Kalamunda Kalgoorlie Kiama Kingborough Kingston Knox Kogarah Ku-ring-gai Kwinana Lake Macquarie Lane Cove LaTrobe Leeton Leichhardt Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Loddon Logan Macedon Ranges Mackay Maitland Mandurah Manly Manningham Mareeba Maribyrnong Marion Maroochy Maroondah Marrickville Melbourne Melville Mid-Western Mildura Miriam Vale Mitcham Mitchell Moira Monash Moonee Valley Moorabool Moreland Mornington Peninsula Mosman Mount Alexander Mount Barker Moyne Mundaring Murrindindi Murrumbidgee Murweh Muswellbrook Narrandera Nedlands Newcastle Nillumbik Noosa North Sydney Northam Northern Grampians Norwood P & St Peters Onkaparinga Palmerston Parramatta Penrith Peppermint Grove Perth Pine Rivers Pittwater Playford Port Adelaide Enfield Port Phillip Port Stephens Prospect Pyrenees Queenscliffe Randwick Redland Rockdale Rockhampton Rockingham Ryde Salisbury Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shellharbour South Perth Stirling Stonnington Strathfield Subiaco Surf Coast Sutherland Swan Swan Hill Sydney Tamworth Tea Tree Gully Thuringowa Toodyay Townsville Towong Tweed Unley Victoria Park Vincent Wangaratta Wanneroo Warringah Warrnambool Waverley Wellington Shire West Torrens Whitehorse Whittlesea Willoughby Wingecarribee Wodonga Wollongong Woollahra Wyndham Yarra Yarra Ranges

Australian Councils This was back in February 2008 Safely say councils have led the way Throughout this process local government have often been the carrying the torch (LED). Local Governments started setting targets in the late 90’s with the introduction of the ICLEI Cities fro Climate Protection Program being the first local government model that saw broad scale uptake Driven by the well versed adage of measuring what you manage and aiming for a target Even these targets were not connected to science and in some cases where Councils were not tracking well they would change their targets or abandon them all together.

Drivers to Setting Targets Known actions that could be undertaken Budget available to undertake action Executive support for action Council officers influence Expectations of the community and response from Councilors Targets of other Councils and State and Federal Governments Quality of baseline data

Common Targets (from BZE)

Barriers to Setting Targets Different to the BZE report… Budget, Financing and Human Resources Federal / external factors Understanding new technologoes Mindset/leadership at other levels Nothing on data!

Hitting and Missing Targets

What Paris Means

What Paris Means

Science-Based Targets

Science-Based Targets

10.1 Gt CO2-e Science Based Targets – Australia Australian Climate Change Authority (CCA) recommends national emissions “fair share” budget for 2013–2050: 10.1 Gt CO2-e Source: Climate Change Authority 2014

A “Fair Share” According to the CCA 2020 goals: 15% below 2000 levels = budget of 4.2 Gt CO2-e (for 2013–2020) Beyond 2020: 40 to 60% below 2000 levels by 2030 “faire share” budget 10.1 Gt CO2-e, 2013–2050 AUS Paris INDC: 26 to 28% below 2005 levels by 2030

6-7 CO2-e 10.1 Gt CO2-e Science Based Targets – Australia Australian Climate Change Authority recommends national emissions “fair share” budget for 2013–2050: 10.1 Gt CO2-e 6-7 CO2-e Source: Climate Change Authority 2014

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils Follow the CCA and adopt the same goal Derived from council population data and the CCA Budget Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils Follow the CCA and adopt the same goal Derived from council population data and the CCA Budget Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions 2020 goals: 15% below 2000 levels Beyond 2020: 40 to 60% below 2000 levels by 2030

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils Follow the CCA and adopt the same goal Derived from council population data and the CCA Budget Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils 2. Derived from council population data and the CCA Budget

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils Follow the CCA and adopt the same goal Derived from council population data and the CCA Budget Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils 3. Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Population SEIFA Data Sectoral Data

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils Follow the CCA and adopt the same goal Derived from council population data and the CCA Budget Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils 4. Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions

Science Based Targets For Australian Councils Follow the CCA and adopt the same goal Derived from council population data & CCA Attempt a more representative budget using additional data Nationally Agreed Approach – Locally Determined Contributions

Internationally

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Thanks More Info ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability; The Paris Climate Package: A Basic Guide for Local and Subnational Governments Meinshausen et al; Greenhouse-gas Emission Targets for Limiting Global Warming to Two Degrees BZE; Zero Carbon Communities Climate Change Authority; Reducing Australia’ s Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Targets and Progress Review Final Report Climate Change Authority; Final report on Australia’s future emissions reduction targets ClimateWorks Australia; Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation in Australia