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Climate Emergency Response Plan
Our Climate Emergency Response Plan (CERP) outlines our approach to addressing climate change and its impact on Manningham.
Climate emergency resolution
Climate change is the defining issue of our time. That’s why we're pursuing ambitious but achievable goals of our own as part of our climate emergency response.
In October 2021, Manningham Council unanimously adopted climate mitigation targets. These targets are:
- net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2028 for Council operations
- net zero emissions by 2035 for the Manningham community.
The climate emergency resolution and the net zero targets empower us to enhance climate action. Community feedback enabled a shared commitment with Council to respond to climate change with decisive action.
What we’re doing
We’re adopting a diverse approach to tackling climate change and its effects. We know a challenge like this requires action on several fronts.
We developed a Climate Emergency Response Plan, which is our blueprint to address the impacts from climate change for our community. Each year we will publish a Climate Implementation Plan Update to ensure transparency with our community in actions to meet the set targets.
The key actions include:
Sustainable transport
A pilot car share service at Doncaster Hill and an increase in the number of electric vehicles in our fleet, including:
- a fully electric heavy vehicle
- electric mowers
- gardening equipment such as blowers and hedgers.
Sustainable energy
- a program to convert all streetlights to energy efficient lighting
- transfer of all our electricity to renewable power (at lower than BAU costs)
- rollout of solar and battery storage program (10 buildings per year)
- support the Solar Savers Program; incentive and education program for residents to convert to all-electric homes.
Nature and greening our suburbs
- planting 2000 street trees each year
- maintaining streetscapes and reserves
- preserving and strengthening local biodiversity and bushland reserves.
Community education
Monthly biodiversity walks and a monthly What's On e-newsletter. Webinars and workshops to educate and raise awareness on the circular economy, climate and biodiversity, including:
- Inspired Living Series
- Spring Outdoors
- Electrify Your Home
- Clothes Swap Days
- Detox Your Home.
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