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Identified CO2e savings
Standardise ESD in planning
01.01.2022
01.01.2025
Educate developers on existing ESD standards
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Elevate ESD standards in planning
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Design and deliver information regarding available financing options for ESD
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Design and deliver incentives that encourage high ESD standards
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Require new developments to provide electric vehicle ready infrastructure
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Enforce ESD standards
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Facilitate a solar-on-rentals scheme
01.07.2022
30.06.2025
Facilitate a energy efficiency retrofit scheme
01.06.2023
01.07.2025
Facilitate low emissions infrastructure
01.01.2021
31.12.2030
100
tCO₂e/year
Facilitate community renewable energy projects
01.06.2023
01.07.2028
Engage a specialist facilitator for industry groups focused on energy efficiency and decarbonisation
01.07.2022
Seek expertise, advice and support from collaborators in research, business and sustainability
Engage key industry stakeholders to contribute expertise
01.07.2022
Facilitate onsite power generation and sharing via rooftop solar and batteries
01.01.2022
Explore group Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) opportunities
01.07.2023
30.06.2025
Support business to access finance mechanisms e.g., EUF loans for business and Energy Performance Contracts
01.01.2022
Facilitate waste minimisation in business operations
01.07.2021
Participate in a co-ordinated, regional approach with other SECCCA councils
01.07.2022
01.07.2030
Advocate to SEMMA and GSEM groups
01.07.2021
Work with other levels of Government on program deployment across the region
01.07.2021
Develop case studies and showcase positive examples from across the region
01.01.2023
Embed sustainable economic development and a strong circular economy into Council policy and processes
01.01.2021
Contribute to the planning of a rapid charging network and map across the SECCCA region
01.01.2022
01.07.2022
Implement Kingston's EV charging roadmap
31.07.2022
31.12.2030
Facilitate EV parking availability
Work with SECCCA on a regional approach for EVs
Work with other Victorian Climate Alliances to increase EV uptake
Assist business to trial new technologies including EVs
Allocate more road space to sustainable modes of transport
Advocate for better public transport
Support car share programs
01.07.2022
01.07.2027
Educate the community about sustainable transport
01.01.2022
Educate to combat misinformation on EVs
Promote EV benefits and location of charging infrastructure
01.07.2022
31.12.2030
Provide incentives for the uptake of EVs
Commit to Climate Emergency action in the Council Plan
01.01.2022
30.06.2022
Include Climate Emergency Key Performance Indicators for the Leadership Team
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Regularly update Council's Audit & Risk Committee with relevant climate change information
01.01.2022
Complete a gaps and opportunities assessment of Council policies, strategies and action plans
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Establish a community advisory group focused on climate action
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Complete quarterly reporting on Council’s response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency
01.01.2022
Review and evaluate Kingston's community emissions reduction action plan using the modelling conducted to develop the plan
01.07.2022
Develop a divestment strategy
01.01.2022
01.01.2024
Research investment opportunities for climate emergency action
01.01.2022
31.12.2025
Embed environmentally sustainable economic development
01.01.2023
31.12.2024
Facilitate emission reduction activities in the industrial and business sector
Advocate for business to adopt ‘climate risk disclosure and net zero planning’ as standard practice
Include requirements to address environmental impacts in leases of Council property
01.07.2022
01.07.2023
Phase out single use plastics across Council operations
01.07.2021
01.07.2025
Engage the community to reduce plastics
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Support organic recycling across business and industry
Implement legislative requirements aimed at significantly reducing waste to landfill
Negotiate contracts that maximise resource efficiency and reduce waste
01.07.2022
01.07.2030
Develop and implement training for staff focussed on Council’s response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency
01.07.2022
01.07.2022
Embed competencies relevant to climate emergency action into staff roles
Collaborate with Traditional Owners on Council’s Climate and Ecological Emergency response
01.07.2022
Recognise the Climate and Ecological Emergency in Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan
Continue energy efficiency upgrades across Council buildings
01.07.2022
31.12.2025
Procure renewable energy including for small market sites
01.07.2022
31.12.2025
Transition Council buildings away from gas
01.07.2022
31.12.2025
1,273
tCO₂e/year
Transition Council’s fleet
01.07.2022
30.06.2026
721
tCO₂e/year
Mitigate and build community resilience to the heat impacts of climate change
01.07.2021
01.07.2028
Support and educate the community about the importance of biodiversity
01.07.2023
01.07.2026
Deliver evidence based environmental education for the community to stay informed, connected and take action
01.07.2023
30.06.2026
Participate in ASPIRE
01.07.2022
Offer low carbon community grants for organisations and initiatives that prioritise low emissions
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Deliver 'zero waste' Council events
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Develop and implement Council’s advocacy priorities to address the Climate and Ecological Emergency
01.07.2022
01.07.2025
Implement a communications and engagement strategy aimed at empowering the community
01.07.2023
01.07.2025
Consider use of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
01.07.2022
Implement Council’s Urban Forest Strategy
01.07.2022
01.07.2030
Investigate opportunities to collaborate on carbon ‘sinks’
01.07.2025
01.07.2028
Offset residual Council emissions
01.07.2025
01.07.2028
5,000
tCO₂e/year
Develop and deliver a Climate Adaptation Plan
01.07.2024
01.07.2027
Develop and deliver Council's Public Health and Wellbeing Plan including climate change considerations
01.07.2022
01.07.2022
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