Page 2455 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020

1 COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP (UNDERWAY)

The Community Zero Emission Grants program was expanded to support projects that offer replicable solutions to reducing ACT greenhouse gas emissions. Round 3 of the grants provided funding for seven winning projects. The winners can be found here https://www.environment.act.gov.au/cc/be-part-of-the-solution/community-zero-emissions-grants.

A dedicated Community Leadership team has been established in the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate. The team is developing tools and resources to support and enable community action on climate change.

The ACT Climate Change Council completed a report on community experiences in our recent summer bushfires.

2 JUST TRANSITION (UNDERWAY)

The Community Leadership team are planning for a series of actions to engage with the community and are developing analysis to ascertain those stakeholders who may be most affected in a transition to a sustainable future. Advice will also be sought from the ACT Climate Change Council.

Government support for households has been expanded to include support for renters, recognising the special needs of this group.

3 TRANSPORT (UNDERWAY)

The Actsmart Home, School and Business program has been extended to include travel choices and integrate with the work of the Active Travel Office.

A library of electric bicycles has been launched to provide community members with an opportunity to experience this form of transport. This initiative has proven to be very popular, and is already oversubscribed.

Analysis was undertaken to examine the considerations for the urban form and social and physical infrastructure requirements to support growth through the ACT Planning Strategy 2018.