Climate Change Strategy Phase 1: MidCoast Council
Appendix C: Short-term mitigation plan for Council operations TABLE 7: MIDCOAST COUNCIL SHORT TERM MITIGATION PLAN FOR COUNCIL OPERATIONS Category
Sub-category
Site
Abatement option
Responsibility
Climate Change Policy Management Systems
Policy
Whole-ofCouncil
Sustainability
Sustainability Framework
Management Systems
Sustainability Framework
Monitoring Systems
Finalise and adopt MidCoast Council’s Climate Change Policy. Create a new staff position who will work to implement this Phase 1 strategy, and in particular work on Phase 2 to engage with the MidCoast community to help themdecarbonise in coming years and decades Develop Council’s sustainability framework that links this Climate Action Strategy to Council’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework and links to other strategies and plans of Council with climate aspects. Maintain and continually review monitoring systems that collect and report on Council’s resource consumption, and enable overall progress towards emissions reduction targets to be reported on. Council will periodically update its emissions so that progress towards targets can be tracked and reported. This will capture the impact of grid decarbonisation and allow Council to adjust any of its forecasts to reflect changes. Council will proactively respond to and advocate to State or Commonwealth governments regarding clean energy policies that can provide investment certainty, lead to more renewable energy and regional jobs, and reduce energy costs to Council and the community.
Human resources
Grid Electricity Decarbonisation Supply
Grid Electricity Decarbonisation Supply
Cost or resources required Staff time
Corporate / HR
Salary for 1 x FTE
Sustainability
Staff time
Sustainability
Subscription services and staff time
Sustainability
Staff time
Sustainability
Staff time
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