Cr Noli said Douglas Shire Council was one of the founding councils in 2017 and over the years has committed numerous projects under this banner.
“Some of the projects have been to use renewable energy at council buildings when possible; investigate and trial renewable energy at transfer stations and landfill; use energy efficient lighting; implement a solar farm; improve cycle lanes and cyclist provisions to reduce vehicle emissions.
“It is therefore accurate to say that Douglas is part of this grander scheme of the Cities Power Partnership. It is up to individual councillors to inform themselves as much or as little as they see fit and every councillor is in a different place on that journey,” said Cr Noli.
Mayor Kerr, who supports the initiatives of the organisation, said while Council constantly attempts to better our processes in this area and supports the initiative pledges of the Cities Power Partnership, the letter sent to the Federal and State Governments is not an official position of the Douglas Shire Council and the signatories to the Cities Power Partnership letter are those of individual Mayors and Councillors.
“I do believe that calling on the Federal and State Governments to act on climate change is most appropriate as they have further resources and reach to achieve appropriate goals rather than just local council,” he said.
Climate Council researcher, Dr Simon Bradshaw, said there is no doubt communities had suffered economic damage as a result of climate-driven extreme weather disasters.
“All types of extreme weather events – storms, coastal erosion, flooding, bushfires, heat waves and drought – are influenced by climate change. Australian communities are already paying the price, with the past twelve months seeing a devastating run of extreme weather disasters.
“Extreme weather has cost our national economy at least $35 billion over the past decade. And it’s going to get worse – by 2038, the price tag of climate impacts could climb to $100 billion a year,” said Dr Bradshaw.
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