Wingecarribee Council declared a CLIMATE EMERGENCY (Feb 2020) and committed to prepare a “Shire Wide Community Climate Change Emergency Plan which is reviewed annually”.
It is estimated that the average Australian has a carbon footprint of about 15 tonnes of CO2 per year.
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All the required elements of an urban sustainability transition—structures, culture and practice—are aligning.
Todays decisions will impact the liveability of our communities for decades.
Wingecarribee is a regional area that is moderate in size relative to the state average and has a moderate urban density. Its major emissions source is electricity consumption, due to the community’s scale of population and commercial activity. The second largest source of emissions is on road transportation.
The Snapshot community climate tool has been led by Beyond Zero Emissions and Ironbark Sustainability. (2018-2019 Snapshot) Read more
WinZero has been formed to inspire and lead the Wingecarribee community as a whole to be net zero emissions by at the latest 2050
WinZero acknowledges the traditional owners of the country of the land on which we meet, the Gundungurra and Tharawal peoples and pay our respect to the traditional elders past, present and emerging.
