Following the repeal of the carbon price in the last parliament, the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) is now Australia’s main mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, two-thirds of the ERF’s allocated $2.5 billion funding has now been spent.
What is Western Australia doing about climate change?
The Western Australian Climate Policy sets out the State Government’s plan for a climate-resilient community and a prosperous low-carbon future. The policy underscores our commitment to adapting to climate change and to working with all sectors of the economy to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
What is the state government doing about climate change?
The Net Zero Plan Stage 1: 2020 – 2030 is the foundation for NSW’s action on climate change. The Plan aims to enhance the prosperity and quality of life of the people of NSW, while allowing the State to deliver a 50% cut in emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.
How are we adapting to the impacts of climate change?
In the long term, climate change can only be tackled by mitigation – steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions – and the faster this happens the less adaptation will be needed. Adaptation actions range from large- scale infrastructure projects to small-scale community based initiatives.
What must our government do to help stop climate change?
1. Protect and restore key ecosystems. Respect for nature is fundamental. Governments must protect ecosystems key to the fight against climate change: rivers, wetlands, oceans, forests and mangroves absorb large quantities of carbon, slowing warming.
What can Australia do to stop climate change?
7. What can Australia do to combat climate change?
- Electricity. Rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuel generated electricity to renewable energy and storage technologies is the quickest and cheapest way to reduce emissions.
- Transport.
- Agriculture.
- Fossil fuels.
Is Perth affected by climate change?
Climate & Perth The impacts of climate change in Perth are evident with a significant reduction in average rainfall over the past 40 years.
What climate is Western Australia?
Western Australia has many types of climate, in the south-west, the climate is temperate, with winter rainfall (June-August) and four distinct seasons, to the north the climate is tropical with a wet season and a dry season (April to November) while in the rest of the land is arid or semi-arid.
How could mitigation and adaptation deal with climate change?
Mitigation measures are those actions that are taken to reduce and curb greenhouse gas emissions, while adaptation measures are based on reducing vulnerability to the effects of climate change. Mitigation, therefore, attends to the causes of climate change, while adaptation addresses its impacts.
How do you adapt to climate change examples?
Here are seven ways communities are adapting to climate change.
- Prepare for longer, more intense fire seasons.
- Rise to the challenge of sea-level rise.
- Ensure disaster and public health plans account for more severe weather.
- Protect farms and the food supply from climate impacts.
- Protect air quality.
How can local government help in solving climate change?
But among the most impactful things local governments can do to combat climate change, they said, is incentivizing zoning and land uses that allow people to live closer to where they work. That, coupled with making it easier for people to get around by walking, biking and public transit.
What is the WA Government’s climate policy?
The WA Government’s current climate policy, Adapting to our Changing Climate, was published in October 2012. It refers to the current and future impacts of climate change on WA and the need to respond to climate change through mitigation and adaptation.
How has Western Australia’s climate changed over the years?
Western Australia’s climate has changed during the past century, with our State’s south-west region impacted by climate change more than almost any other place on the planet. We have seen higher average temperatures, and an increase in the annual number of days in Perth over 35 ℃.
What is the climate health wa inquiry all about?
Requiring the development of net zero emissions transition plans for government agencies and government trading enterprises (GTEs). Actively managing a range of climate risks, from threats to our water security to the health effects of climate change, which are the focus of the Climate Health WA Inquiry.
How will climate change affect the south-west?
In the future, climate change will drive increased average and maximum temperatures, time spent in drought and lead to more extreme weather events. In the south-west, the prolonged period of drying will continue, affecting primary industries, water security and natural ecosystems.
