Council
has adopted a Sustainability Framework and recognised climate change as a
global emergency.
The
Sustainability Framework considers environmental, social and economic
sustainability. It aims to integrate sustainability principles across all of
the City’s operations, leading to a potential reduction in carbon emissions and
an increase in community resilience to the impacts of climate change.
The
framework will be implemented through an action plan which details a set of
priority and other actions, including:
- recognising
climate change as a global emergency - developing and
endorsing a Sustainability Policy - adopting a
globally recognised reporting framework and - accelerating a
number of strategies, such as a Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.
As
part of the framework, the City commits to enable, lead and promote innovation,
deliver and enable ‘best’ and ‘next’ practice and activate community
opportunity.
The
community will get the opportunity to have its say on the action plan, when it
goes out for public consultation on 29 February 2020.
Stakeholder
workshops, risk, policy and literature reviews and existing global frameworks
helped to inform the framework.
The
Sustainability Framework was developed in response to a resolution passed by council in September 2019.
Councillor Stephanie Asher – Mayor
The
adoption of the Sustainability Framework is an informed, responsible and
strategic step forward towards addressing the impacts of climate change on the
Greater Geelong community.It
defines what we mean by sustainability, sets measurable objectives and
implements a clear plan of action for every decision made by the City.This
is a chance for the City to demonstrate leadership through sustainability best
practice and work with the community to becoming a sustainable city-region.
