Environment//Green Energy/Climate Change/Water
ACT Government:
- Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water
- Department of Territory and Municipal Services
- Chief Minister's Department
- ACT Planning & Land Authority
- Office of the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment
Australian Government:
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage and to promote Australian arts and culture: http://www.environment.gov.au/
This site includes information on the Caring for our Country program - the latest Business Plan 2010-11 is now available - released 7 January 2010; downloadable from: http://www.nrm.gov.au/business%20plan/10%2011/pubs/business%20plan%202010%2011.pdf
- Department of Climate Change: http://www.climatechange.gov.au/
Links to Environment-related information
- Draft Sustainable Energy Policy 2010-2020, released December 2009, requesting public comment until 5 March 2010; ACT Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water, 36pp: http://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/174687/Draft_Sustainable_Energy_Policy_FINAL.pdf
- People, Places, Prosperity - the ACT's Sustainability Policy 2009, ACT Government, 11pp: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/3734/people_place_prosperity.pdf
- Sustainable future - Workshop findings report, ACT Planning and Land Authority, ACT Government, 67pp, December 2009; requesting comment up until 26 February 2010: http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/data/assets/pdf_file/0018/16245/SustainableFuture7_Web.pdf
- Weathering the Change - the ACT Climate Change Strategy 2007-2025 and the Action Plan 1 2007-2011, Department of Territory and Municipal Services, ACT Government, 2007, 32pp: http://www.environment.act.gov.au/climate_change/weathering_the_change/Climate_Change_Action_Plan.pdf
- The Canberra Plan, originally launched by the ACT Government, 2004; The Canberra Plan: Towards Our Second Century, Chief Minister's Department, ACT Government, August 2008 (which builds on the original Canberra Plan, identifying changes that have occurred over the four years and updating it to ensure it remains current, ie issues such as climate change, water security, housing affordability and skills shortages have become a higher priority).
Also, the Government's broader approach to sustainability as set out in the three core strategies of The Canberra Plan - the Social Plan (see the Canberra Social Plan Progress Report 2009): http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/3773/social_plan_progress_2009.pdf, Capital Development - the Government's Economic Plan, and the Canberra Spatial Plan ie triple bottom line considerations).
- Report on Implementation of The Canberra Plan - Towards our Second Century, June 2009: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/3445/imp_tosc.pdf
- Regional State of the Environment Report 2004-2009, Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment: www.envcomm.act.gov.au/soe/rsoe2009/index.shtml
- ACT State of the Environment 2007/08, Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment: http://www.envcomm.act.gov.au/soe/2007actreport/overview07
- Reporting on progress towards sustainability in the ACT - an issues paper, Chief Minister's Department, ACT Government, 2003: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/1838/TowardsSustainability.pdf
- Pilot Triple Bottom Line, Annual Report 2008-09, Chief Minister's Department, ACT Government: http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/3735/TBL_annualrpt.pdf