Category Archive for "Local government" | Getting to Sustainability

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September

It’s time for local governments to prepare for extreme heat waves

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By Lawrence Yu, JHA Consulting Engineers

4 September 2014: With round one of the Building Resilience to Climate Change program currently open in New South Wales, it is the perfect time for local government to prepare for future extreme heat waves by investigating possible upgrades for their.

11
July

Cities move to protect business from climate change

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10 July 2014: Sydney and Melbourne are both addressing climate change threats, the new CDP Cities Report finds. The real and current threat of climate change is driving local governments to take concrete action, so finds Protecting.

17
April

How building codes save homes from cyclones, and how they don’t

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By Wendy Miller, Queensland University of Technology During Queensland’s preparations for Severe Tropical Cyclone Ita, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman advised residents who lived in older houses (those built before 1985) to evacuate their homes as they were not likely to stand up to the storm’s destructive winds. In the event, the damage was largely.

8
April

Australia’s biggest coal state plans for life beyond coal

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By John Cole, University of Southern Queensland

We are in the coal business. If you want decent hospitals, schools and police on the beat we all need to understand that. – Queensland Premier Campbell Newman, June 2012.

It was a rare moment of unscripted truth in Australian politics, which summed up decades of national policy. The.

20
November

National calls for 20 per cent more green space by 2020

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A new national initiative, is calling for 20 per cent more green space in urban centres by 2020. The project, 202020 Vision has been launched on 7 Nov 2013, on the same day as a newly released report showing concerns that our urban green spaces are under threat. The.

19
March

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

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The City of Melbourne has been certified carbon neutral as part of its undertaking to become one of the world’s most sustainable cities. Environment Portfolio Chair Councillor Arron Wood said certification by Low Carbon Australia against the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) was a solid demonstration of the City of Melbourne’s commitment to a more sustainable.

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