Posts Tagged ‘policy’
Alliance urges Govt to rebalance transport budget
Posted in Policies by Kate Archdeacon on June 24th, 2009
Source: Sustainable Cities, Australian Conservation Foundation
Image: RAATA
A new report by the Rapid Active & Affordable Transport Alliance (RAATA), Investing in sustainable transport: Our clean, green transport future, urges the Federal Government to catch up on years of neglect by investing two thirds of the transport budget in public and active transport measures. Speaking at the report launch in Canberra, ACF executive director Don Henry said public and active transport infrastructure has been neglected for too long and some money allocated to roads should be spent on public and active transport infrastructure.
“Climate change and peak oil are key challenges for Australia. Investment in public and active transport infrastructure will help make Australia more sustainable, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help wean us off our addiction to oil,” Mr Henry said.
Source: Sustainable Cities, Australian Conservation Foundation
State of the Cities – Unlocking the Data Conference
Posted in Events by Virginia on May 10th, 2009
This conference is aimed at achieving better City information on liveability, prosperity and environmental sustainability at the Federal, State and Local levels and within academia and the private sector. It is supported by the Major Cities Unit and colleagues in the other capital cities.
Event: State of the Cities-Unlocking the Data Conference
When: 27th May – 29th May. Program available here.
Where: Yarra Room, Melbourne Town Hall, Cnr Swanston and Collins Streets, Melbourne
Register for the event here. For more information, please visit the website.
Climate Action Summit in Canberra
Posted in Events by Ferne Edwards on January 12th, 2009
When: 31 Jan – 3 Feb, 2009
Where: Canberra
Who: Everyone!
More information: http://www.climatesummit.org.au/
In February, community climate action groups from across the continent and other concerned Australians are joining together for Australia’s Climate Action Summit in Canberra, the weekend before the first day of the 2009 Federal Parliament. At the Summit, ordinary Australians will send a powerful message to the Rudd Government on the eve of its second year that sets the agenda for urgent climate action in 2009.
Submissions sought – Review of the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act – by 19 December
Posted in Seeking by Ferne Edwards on December 2nd, 2008
This message was originally posted by Monique Decortis as part of the Climate Action Calendar. The Climate Action Calendar covers local events in the greater area of Melbourne, Melbourne City based events and major events elsewhere in Victoria and other places. If you wish to subscribe to the calendar please email Monique decortis @bigpond.net.au with “subscribe CAC†in the subject bar.
On 31 October 2008 the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts commissioned an independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Australian Government’s central piece of environmental legislation requires it to be reviewed every 10 years. This is the first review of the EPBC Act since its commencement on 16 July 2000. The review will assess the operation of the EPBC Act and the extent to which its objects have been achieved.
Green Gold Rush
Posted in Research by Maeztri on November 11th, 2008
This abstract was recently listed on Australian Policy Online. To see the original document visit Green gold rush: How ambitious environmental policy can make Australia a leader in the race for green jobs .
Green gold rush: How ambitious environmental policy can make Australia a leader in the race for green jobs
Australian Conservation Foundation and Australian Council of Trade Unions
Posted: 30-10-2008
Australia could become a world leader in creating ‘green industries generating up to a million green collar jobs by 2030 and multi-billion dollar export opportunities in green technology, according to this report from ACF and ACTU.
Major Cities Unit
Posted in Policies by Maeztri on November 11th, 2008
The section below is republished with permission from the Going Solar Transport Newsletter #84, 4 November 2008, compiled by Stephen Ingrouille. Going Solar newsletter provides an excellent commentary on local sustainable transport issues in Melbourne.
“If Australia is to maintain our prosperity, our cities must become more productive, more competitive, more innovative. At the same time they must be sustainable. … To make our cities more liveable and to improve the quality of life and sense of community for all who live in them. For this to happen we must have a long term vision for our cities. … Meeting the climate change challenge requires a whole of government approach which must include the planning of our cities. We must engage in the debate about the impact of alternative urban policy visions on climate change. For example,this is an important context when we are debating the planning of higher density housing alongside better public transport corridors. Or considering decentralised commercial centres which minimise the need for people to travel long distances to work, and provide community infrastructure where people live. …
Freight transport in a carbon constrained economy report
Posted in Research by wynne.ma on August 14th, 2008
The abstract below discusses freight as an important part of the climate change agenda. Please note that this topic is also the speciality of one of the presenters, Elizabeth Boulton from Logistick – Sustainable Supply Chain Solutions, at the upcoming Sustainable Cities Round Table. The abstract below was posted on Australian Policy Online. To refer to the original posting please visit http://www.apo.org.au/linkboard/results.chtml?filename_num=222961.
Freight transport in a carbon constrained economy
National Transport Commission / Rare Consulting
Posted: 28-07-2008
This report discusses the key issues for addressing growing greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport. The report proposes actions for managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport over the longer term.
The paper has been developed to promote and inform the debate about the future operation of the Australian freight transport sector within a carbon constrained economy by providing:
- a discussion of the relative contribution of freight transport sector emissions to national greenhouse emissions in Australia;
- key issues for future strategies for reducing freight transport;
- the role of governments in climate change policy;
- the impact of the national emissions trading scheme on the freight transport sector;
- identification of some of the current and future measures that could be pursued to reduce emissions from freight transport; and
- a proposed set of actions to develop a national strategy to reduce emissions from the freight sector over the longer term. Feedback from the consultation phase of this discussion paper will be used to help develop this national strategy.
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National Transport Commission
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