Posts in Climate Neutrality
Three Australian Mayors are riding the wave to low-carbon futures
Three Australian Mayors are riding the wave to low-carbon futures

Three inspiring Mayors from Adelaide, Newcastle and Byron spoke at the Daring Cities 2020 Global Forum, the world’s largest online forum for urban leaders tackling the climate emergency. By sharing their local stories, they reveal how three similar but different cities are paving their communities towards a net-zero future. Below are some excerpts from the presentations and links to further watching and reading. Visit the Daring Cities website to view recordings of these and other events.

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Climate Neutrality, Daring Cities 2020, ICLEI Member Council, Global Covenant of MayorsICLEI OceaniaDaring Cities 2020, Byron Shire, Adelaide, Newcastle, Nuatali Nelmes, Sandy Verschoor, Simone Richardson, Mayors, Lord Mayor, leadership, local government, low-carbon, net-zero, action, examples
Ministers from 24 countries meet to plan 10-year energy transition
Ministers from 24 countries meet to plan 10-year energy transition

Today, ministers of 24 countries (including Australia) will meet at the Fifth Mission Innovation’s annual Ministerial meeting (MI-5). The primary agenda for this year’s Ministerial is to adopt the new approach for Phase 2 of Mission Innovation. There is a hope that the next phase will include a focus on how cities can help drive the clean energy transition.

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Climate Neutrality, EnergyICLEI OceaniaMission Innovation, MI-5, Anna Reynolds
Hobsons bay to reduce emissions by 55% with Virtual Power Plant
Hobsons bay to reduce emissions by 55% with Virtual Power Plant

Hobsons Bay has taken a major step towards its climate change mitigation goals of achieving net-zero emissions for council emissions by 2020 and for its community emissions by 2030. It is installing new solar panels on more than 40 council owned and occupied buildings, acting as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP).

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Climate Neutrality, Global Covenant of Mayors, ICLEI Member, RenewablesICLEI OceaniaHobsons Bay, virtual power plant, renewable, solar, energy, emissions reduction, local government, Australia
ICLEI's Race-to-Zero Dialogues
ICLEI's Race-to-Zero Dialogues

This "ICLEI's Race to Zero Dialogues" webinar highlights climate neutrality leadership and action experiences from political and technical representatives of ICLEI members in Europe, Japan, Korea and Australia. Webinar outcomes will be presented as inputs to Daring Cities 2020 – the Global Virtual Forum on Urban Leaders Taking on Climate Emergency on 7-28 October as well as Race-To-Zero November Dialogues.

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Webinar, Climate NeutralityICLEI OceaniaRace To Zero, webinar, ICLEI, Anna Reynolds, Sally Moxham, climate neutrality