Page 3385 - Week 11 - Thursday, 11 November 2021
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(d) the ACT Government has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2045, and has set ambitious emission reduction targets for 2025, 2030 and 2040, and has already met its 40 percent emissions reduction target for 2020;
(e) the ACT Government has achieved its target of being powered by 100 percent renewable electricity by 2020 and has committed to phase out fossil gas;
(f) while the ACT has made great progress, we could do much more if the Federal Government implemented strong national policies to cut emissions and support action by states and territories;
(g) the Federal Government has set a goal of net zero emissions by 2050 but the current target for 2030 does not align with our obligations under the Paris Agreement and the Federal Government has set no interim targets to phase out fossil fuels;
(h) the Federal Government has no target to end coal and gas extraction and Australia continues to be the world’s largest exporter of coal with around 72 new coal projects and 44 new gas projects in the pipeline around the country; and
(i) the Federal Government has no target to phase out fossil fuel from our transport sector;
(2) endorse:
(a) the ACT’s membership and support for the Powering Past Coal Alliance;
(b) the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty by asking each Member to sign the petition at https://fossilfueltreaty.org/;
(c) the necessity of rapidly phasing out the burning of fossil fuels, including ending the use of fossil fuel gas in the ACT by at least 2045;
(d) urgent prioritisation of zero-emissions transport, with programs and policies that support active transport, public transport, and a rapid transition to zero emissions vehicles;
(e) reforms to improve the sustainability of building in the ACT, including requirements for gas-free suburbs and infill, a revised climate-wise building code, and energy efficiency retrofitting programs such as the Energy Efficiency Improvement Scheme and vulnerable household scheme; and
(f) meeting the ACT’s legislated emissions reduction targets and seeking opportunities to increase ambition in line with the latest science;
(3) calls on the Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction to write to his Federal counterpart and, separately, calls on the leaders of all parties represented in the Assembly, to write to the Federal leaders of their respective political parties to urge them to commit to:
(a) recognise and declare that we are in a climate emergency and need a rapid and just transition to net zero emissions for a stable climate;
(b) legislate interim targets for 2030 and 2040 on the path to net zero emissions that align with meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement;
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