6.2: Climate Change
Tackle climate change [through] a bold blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other Information:
In 2007, the ACT Government announced a $100 million investment to tackle climate change and a bold blueprint to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, involving government, industry, households and individuals. Through its Weathering the Change action plan,
the ACT Government committed to implement 43 actions under four themes: • smarter use of resources • designing and planning
our city to be more sustainable • building our capacity to adapt to and manage climate change • improving our understanding
of the causes and effects of climate change and how we need to respond. The ACT Government is also committed to the long-term
future of sportsgrounds and the sports industry. In October 2007 we released Where Will We Play, a strategy committed to the
vision that ‘by 2013 no sportsground in public or private ownership in the ACT will rely solely on the use of potable water
to guarantee sporting operations’. The ACT Government will continue to expand the provision of renewable energy by electricity
retailers, introduce a feed-in tariff, examine renewable energy sources for the ACT, pursue carbon neutrality in its buildings
and schools, provide incentives to purchase low-emission vehicles, invest in public transport, and continue to renew our urban
forests and protect our wilderness areas. We will also closely monitor national and international developments to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, and respond flexibly to emerging science and technology.
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