Page 632 - Week 02 - Thursday, 20 February 2020
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methodology update has been confirmed and is expected to be presented to the Assembly in the first half of 2020.
Thanks to our achievement of 100 per cent renewable electricity, the ACT remains on track to meet its target of a 40 per cent reduction in emissions by 2020, and we are continuing on our pathway to a net zero emissions territory by 2045 through the implementation of the ACT climate change strategy 2019-25. I commend the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement Method) Determination 2020 to the Assembly.
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable Electricity Target Measurement Method) Determination 2020
Paper and statement by minister
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Corrections and Justice Health, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety and Minister for Mental Health) (3.16): For the information of members, I present the following paper:
Legislation Act, pursuant to section 64—Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act—Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable Electricity Target Measurement Method) Determination 2020—Disallowable Instrument DI2020-17 (LR, 19 February 2020), together with its explanatory statement.
I ask leave to make a statement in relation to the paper.
Leave granted.
MR RATTENBURY: I am pleased to table DI2020-17, the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable Electricity Target Measurement Method) Determination 2020. This methodology is for the acquittal of the 100 per cent renewable electricity target established under section 9(1) of the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010. This methodology is required under section 10 of the act.
This methodology will allow the ACT government to acquit the target of 100 per cent renewable electricity from 2020. The reaching of the 100 per cent renewable electricity target is a major achievement for Canberra and will place us as a world leader in climate change mitigation. It is important that this government and future governments remain transparent and accountable to our community on continuing to meet this target.
This determination will provide a transparent methodology to enable the Canberra community to see exactly how compliance with the target will be measured. The minister’s annual report on climate change will undertake this acquittal each year, providing a public view of performance against the target. I commend the determination to the Assembly.
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