Community Emissions Action Plan - Community Engagement Session 2

Sustainable Us, Wingecarribee Shire Council

Registrations open - The Community Emissions Action Plan (CEAP) will outline a set of goals to help our community reduce their emissions.

Theaterette, Civic Centre, Wingecarribee Shire Council Offices

W﻿hat is the Community Emissions Action Plan, and how can you be involved?The Community Emissions Action Plan (CEAP) will outline a set of goals to help our community reduce their emissions. There will be three community engagement sessions open for our community to attend, 2 face to face sessions and 1 online, you can only attend 1 of these sessions (registration details are below). It is essential we capture a broad spectrum of input from our entire shire, including industries such as agriculture, industry, business, residential, commercial, waste and transport. This document focuses on community greenhouse gas emissions, encompassing all activities across the Wingecarribee Shire community, contrasting with Council's corporate emissions arising from operations. During the engagement sessions we will provide a more thorough outline of the climate and the local emissions profile. We will work in breakout groups to ensure thoughts are well formed and cover each industry. The outcome of the sessions will be a set of balanced goals for our community to use as a framework which will assist in reducing emissions. Your role is fundamental in ensuring the goals are realistic and appropriate for our community. Councils role will be to assist our community in achieving these reductions, this may be in the form of advocacy, support, educational events and resources or installation of infrastructure such as EV chargers.The impacts of climate change are already seen and felt in NSW. Average annual temperature has increased by 1.4 °C since 1910 and the number of days with dangerous fire weather has increased across the region. Every year over the last 20 years the NSW/ACT has experienced above average temperatures. The impact of higher temperatures causes draught and increased risk of bushfires. With local bushfires being a real threat with recent events still having an impact on our community. The intensity of heavy rainfall events in Australia has increased by 10% or more since 1979. Sever flooding occurred twice in 2022 in the highlands causing significant damage to property, infrastructure, crops and agricultural land. Going forward Wingecarribee Shire is expected to experience more hot days, less cold nights, increased average temperatures in the near term up to 1.0 degree celcius and 2.5 degrees celcius in the long term if nothing is done. With this in mind it is imperative that we as a community work together to reduce emissions in the Wingecarribee Shire. Our current emissionsThe community emissions snapshot provided by Ironbark Sustainability gives an overview of our community’s emissions. Electricity accounted for 48% of all emissions, followed by Industrial Processes and Product Use at 21%, transport 20%, agriculture 5%, gas 5% and 2% waste, these figures encompass all industries, with a large proportion attributed to the industrial sector. Ironbark Sustainability has been brought onboard to assisting in the creation of this document and help facilitate the community engagement sessions. They have experience creating such documents on a local government and state government level. P﻿lease download the <a href="https://www.wsc.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/environment/sustainable-us/win_str_002_background_paper_for_workshops.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Background Paper here</a> for more information about our shire, the climate, our community emissions and Council's role.E﻿ngagement session registrationPlease continue below to confirm registration on this page if this is the session you wish to attend. I﻿f you cannot attend this session - Sunday 12 November 10am-1pm you can register for either of the other two sessions below:F﻿ace to face: Saturday 11 November 1-4pm: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/community-emissions-action-plan-community-engagement-session-1-tickets-741899630767?aff=oddtdtcreator">Register here</a>O﻿nline: Tuesday 14 November 5-6:30pm: <a href="https://form.jotform.com/232957409359065" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Register here</a>I﻿<a href="https://participatewingecarribee.wsc.nsw.gov.au/community-emissions-action-plan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">visit here to complete the s</a>f you are unable to attend any of the three sessions, an online survey is now available on the project page at Participate Wingecarribee. <a href="https://participatewingecarribee.wsc.nsw.gov.au/community-emissions-action-plan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Further details on the CEAP can be found here as well as the link to complete the survey </a>which is located at the bottom of the project page, submissions must be received by 14 November 6:30pm. Should you have any further questions you may email sustainabilityservices@wsc.nsw.gov.au.

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