ASEBC welcomes the City of Melbourne’s Climate Change Mitigation Strategy, which recognises the significant capacity of the built environment to contribute to emissions reductions and plans to transition the municipality to 100 percent renewable energy.
The strategy outlines actions that the City will take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change impacts. Aligned with the Paris Agreement, this strategy forms part of the City’s commitment to international efforts to stay below a 1.5⁰C rise in global average temperatures.
City of Melbourne has identified four priority actions for achieving its emissions reduction targets:
- 100 per cent renewable energy.
- Zero emissions buildings and precincts
- Zero emissions transport.
- Reducing the impact of waste.
These actions align with ASBEC’s recommendations in Low Carbon, High Performance, in advancing innovation, incentives, and advocacy to delivery zero buildings and precincts. We are thrilled to see the City’s proposal to “Partner with industry to advocate for higher energy performance standards in the National Construction Code” and fully welcome this support in advancing the recommendations in Built to Perform.
To implement the strategy, the City of Melbourne will:
- Integrate climate adaptation and mitigation.
- Deliver environmental, social and economic benefits to the community.
- Support innovation, knowledge sharing and transparency.
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