Background
The Community Emissions Action Plan (CEAP) outlines a set of goals to help our community reduce their emissions. In February 2020, Wingecarribee Shire Council declared a Climate Emergency. This declaration recognises both the scientific consensus and the deep concern about climate change held by the Southern Highlands community.
Council is already taking significant action to mitigate climate change, including the development of an Environment and Climate Change (ECC) Strategy for the Shire adopted by Council in February 2024, Environment and Climate Change Strategy 2024 | Wingecarribee Shire Council (nsw.gov.au) and a corporate Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) that is currently in draft format, to address Council’s own emissions. The Community Strategic Plan (CSP) is a key document that outlines the priorities and issues in our Shire and considers the impacts, both in the short term and long term and how we will address them.
Council has adopted a Community Emissions Action Plan (CEAP) to support the community in taking meaningful action to reduce emissions and respond to the climate emergency. The Plan is intended to complement the Environment and Climate Change (ECC) Strategy and corporate Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) and was a key commitment made by Council as part of its climate emergency declaration.
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