Brisbane. Clean, Green, SustainableCities Power Partnership Queensland Launch29 January 2018

Global strategic context

“Brisbane will be a top 10 lifestyle city”

• People come for the jobs and stay for the lifestyle

• Build Brisbane’s international brand, reputation, identity based on its strong sustainability credentials

• Drive economic link between sustainability and liveability

• A seat at the table

Brisbane to be recognised globally as a sustainability leader

Brisbane. Clean, Green, Sustainable

• Sustain a Clean and Green Brisbane

• Celebrate our long history of significant achievements –‘we have a great story to tell’

• Build on these achievements

• Enhance our reputation and identity as a New World City that balances resilience, liveability, sustainabilityand economic prosperity

Nine chapters

• Low carbon

• Clean air

• Green transport

• Waste and resource recovery

• WaterSmart City

• Sustainable CityShape

• Parks

• Urban Forest

• Biodiversity

Low Carbon

Targets

• Remain a carbon neutral Council

• By 2031, average household carbon emissions from energy, waste and transport will be 6tCO2-e per year

Council will be carbon neutral in 2017

Vision 20312016-17

2016-06-06 7Brisbane City Council Omnibus

Mean 2016

Mean2015

7 in 10 think Council should take action… CC1. BCC Should Be Carbon Neutral

By Gender

Total Agree2016^

Total Agree2015^

4.068%

CC1. Please rate your level of agreement that Council should become a carbon neutral organisation using a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is strongly disagree, 2 is disagree, 3 is neither agree nor disagree, 3 is agree and 5 is strongly agree. Being carbon neutral means that there are to be no net emissions from Council business operations, achieved by investing in energy efficiency projects, using renewable energy, and purchasing carbon offsets.

Carbon Neutral Council journey

Complete carbon inventory

Purchase carbon offsets

6%

25%50% 100%

Achieve certification

Purchase renewable energy

Self-declare carbon neutral status

2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

How is carbon neutrality achieved?

• Carbon neutrality is achieved and maintained through a continuous process of measuring, reducing and offsettingresidual emissions

• Emissions are measuredand offset annually

• Emissions reductionsare ongoing

Reduce

Offset

Measure

What makes up Council’s carbon footprint?

Scope 1 –Direct

emissionsEmissions generated by Council

Scope 2 –Indirect

electricity emissions

Emissions generated by others as a result of electricity consumed by Council

Scope 3 –Indirect supply

chain emissions

Emissions generated by others as a result of goods and services used by Council

Powerhouse 100kW PV reduces emissions by ~120 tCO2-e per year

Landfill gas capture reduces emissions by

~250,000 tCO2-e per year

25,000 street light retrofitreduces emissions by

~2,000 tCO2-e per year

• Landfill gas capture• Waste minimisation• Alternative waste

treatment – recycling, composting, energy from waste

• Green concrete• Teleconferencing /

telecommuting

Avoid or reduce

• Green buildings• Fuel efficient vehicles

and equipment• Energy efficient street

lights• Behaviour change – e.g.

switching off after hours, eco-driving

Energy efficiency

• Purchased renewable energy

• Solar PV on Council buildings

• Large scale renewable energy projects

• Natural gas and biofuels

Fuel switching

How can we reduce our emissions?

Emission reduction costs vary widely –use Marginal Abatement Cost Curve

Projects that abate carbon at a negative cost

Projects with a net cost to council

Projects with a high net cost to Council

The outcome

• Lord Mayor announcement February 2017

• All requirements of the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) have been met

• 644,039 tCO2-e offsets cancelled to achieve net zero emissions in 2016-17

• Emissions reduced through energy efficiency projects and renewable energy purchases

• Public Disclosure Summary available on Council’s corporate website

• Brisbane City Council is the largest carbon neutral organisation in Australia

• Council’s carbon footprint is:− >15 times larger than the

footprints of Melbourne or Sydney city councils

− Three times the size of the footprints of the three next largest carbon neutral organisations

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