Climate Emergency Action Plans
How many councils have declared a climate emergency?
As of 1 January 2020 there have been 84 Australian Councils who have declared a Climate Emergency. They are listed at the bottom of this page.
Councils that have declared a climate emergency
As of 1 January 2020 there have been 84 Australian Councils who have declared a Climate Emergency. They are listed at the bottom of this page.
Around the world Climate emergency declarations have been made in 1,261 jurisdictions and local governments covering 798 million people. The full list can be found at https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/climate-emergency-declarations-cover-15-million-citizens.
Council’s climate emergency action plans
Six inner Melbourne councils had declared a Climate Emergency on 1/1/2020.
Darebin City Council was the first Australian Council to declare a Climate Emergency on 5 Dec 2016. Here is an outline of their plan. An 118 page PDF will automatically download by clicking on Darebin Climate Emergency Plan. There is also this 8 page summary of the plan.
Yarra City Council declared a Climate Emergency on 7 Feb 2017. On 2 June 2020 they issued an updated plan with this email. Included in their plan is an extremely ambitious goal for “every new commercial and residential development will need to have zero net carbon emissions to win planning approval.”
Moreland City Council declared a Climate Emergency on 12 Sep 2018. Here is an introduction to their plan and here is a 31 page PDF of their Zero Carbon Moreland action plan 2020-2015.
Melbourne City Council declared a Climate Emergency on 16 Jul 2019. Here is their announcement and here is their 30 page PDF that called “Inquiry into Tackling Climate Change in Victorian Communities” which describes what they plan to do.
Port Phillip City Council declared a Climate Emergency on 18 Sep 2019 but is yet to release their plan.
Bayside Council declared a Climate Emergency on 17 Dec 2019 and has published this list of actions you can take. Bayside Council’s Climate Emergency Plan has a budget of $80,000 to prepare and is due to be released in October 2020.
What should a climate emergency action plan contain?
CACE suggest this https://www.caceonline.org/your-climate-emergency-plan.html
List of councils that have declared a climate emergency
Australian Councils who had declared a Climate Emergency on 1 January 2020
| AUSTRALIA | State | Population | Date of Declaration |
| Adelaide City Council | SA | 27,247 | 27 Aug 2019 |
| Adelaide Hills Council | SA | 38,863 | 26 Mar 2019 |
| Alexandrina Council | SA | 27,037 | 16 Dec 2019 |
| Armidale Regional Council | NSW | 30,707 | 23 Oct 2019 |
| Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council | WA | 15,700 | 25 Sep 2019 |
| ACT Legislative Assembly | ACT | 423,811 | 16 May 2019 |
| Ballarat City Council | VIC | 101,685 | 21 Nov 2018 |
| Ballina Shire Council | NSW | 43,975 | 28 Nov 2019 |
| Banyule City Council | VIC | 132,771 | 7 Oct 2019 |
| Bass Coast Shire Council | VIC | 34,992 | 21 Aug 2019 |
| Bayside City Council | VIC | 105,718 | 17 Dec 2019 |
| Bega Valley Shire Council | NSW | 34,538 | 28 Aug 2019 |
| Bellingen Shire Council | NSW | 12,668 | 27 Mar 2019 |
| Blue Mountains City Council | NSW | 76,904 | 26 Feb 2019 |
| Brimbank City Council | VIC | 194,319 | 25 Jun 2019 |
| Broken Hill City Council | NSW | 17,734 | 25 Sep 2019 |
| Burnside City Council | SA | 45,706 | 24 Sep 2019 |
| Byron Shire Council | NSW | 33,987 | 18 Oct 2018 |
| Campbelltown City Council | SA | 53,156 | 5 Nov 2019 |
| Canada Bay City Council | NSW | 95,618 | 17 Sep 2019 |
| Canterbury Bankstown City Council | NSW | 373,931 | 27 Aug 2019 |
| Cardinia Shire Council | VIC | 115,400 | 16 Sep 2019 |
| Central Coast Council | NSW | 342,047 | 26 Aug 2019 |
| Charles Sturt City Council | SA | 117,382 | 9 Dec 2019 |
| Clarence Valley Council | NSW | 51,646 | 23 Apr 2019 |
| Darebin City Council | VIC | 161,609 | 5 Dec 2016 |
| Darwin City Council | NT | 148,564 | 30 Jul 2019 |
| Denmark Shire Council | WA | 6,154 | 17 Sep 2019 |
| East Fremantle Town Council | WA | 7,967 | 19 Nov 2019 |
| Frankston City Council | VIC | 143,232 | 18 Nov 2019 |
| Fremantle City Council | WA | 28,893 | 22 May 2019 |
| Gawler Town Council | SA | 26,472 | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Glen Innes Severn Shire Council | NSW | 8,908 | 26 Sep 2019 |
| Hawkesbury City Council | NSW | 64,592 | 12 Mar 2019 |
| Hepburn Shire Council | VIC | 15,812 | 17 Sep 2019 |
| Hobart City Council | TAS | 53,684 | 17 Jun 2019 |
| Hobsons Bay City Council | VIC | 96,459 | 8 Oct 2019 |
| Holdfast Bay City Council | SA | 37,032 | 8 Oct 2019 |
| Indigo Shire Council | VIC | 16,489 | 30 Jul 2019 |
| Inner West Council | NSW | 182,043 | 14 May 2019 |
| Kingborough Council | TAS | 35,853 | 8 Jul 2019 |
| Lane Cove Council | NSW | 39,486 | 16 Sep 2019 |
| Launceston City Council | TAS | 84,153 | 8 Aug 2019 |
| Light Regional Council | SA | 14,736 | 26 Mar 2019 |
| City of Lismore | NSW | 43,843 | 13 Aug 2019 |
| Maribyrnong City Council | VIC | 82,288 | 19 Feb 2019 |
| Melbourne City Council | VIC | 169,961 | 16 Jul 2019 |
| MidCoast Council | NSW | 93,288 | 23 Oct 2019 |
| Mitcham Council | SA | 67,253 | 22 Oct 2019 |
| Moonee Valley City Council | VIC | 130,265 | 8 Oct 2019 |
| Mosman Council | NSW | 30,913 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| Mount Alexander Shire Council | VIC | 19,514 | 17 Dec 2019 |
| Mount Barker District Council | SA | 36,477 | 4 Nov 2019 |
| Moreland City Council | VIC | 162,558 | 12 Sep 2018 |
| Mornington Peninsula Shire Council | VIC | 165,633 | 13 Aug 2019 |
| Moyne Shire Council | VIC | 16,887 | 22 Oct 2019 |
| Mundaring Shire Council | WA | 39,139 | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Murray Bridge Council | SA | 21,735 | 14 Oct 2019 |
| Newcastle City Council | NSW | 164,103 | 28 May 2019 |
| Noosa Shire Council | QLD | 52,149 | 18 Jul 2019 |
| North Sydney Council | NSW | 67,658 | 22 Jul 2019 |
| Northern Beaches Council | NSW | 271,278 | 27 Aug 2019 |
| Port Adelaide Enfield City Council | SA | 126,120 | 8 Oct 2019 |
| Port Lincoln City Council | SA | 14,064 | 19 Aug 2019 |
| Port Phillip City Council | VIC | 113,200 | 18 Sep 2019 |
| Queenscliffe Borough Council | VIC | 2,982 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Randwick City Council | NSW | 140,660 | 30 Apr 2019 |
| Ryde City Council | NSW | 127,446 | 28 May 2019 |
| Salisbury City Council | SA | 144,440 | 28 Oct 2019 |
| Surf Coast Shire Council | VIC | 32,651 | 27 Aug 2019 |
| Swan City Council | WA | 149,195 | 28 Aug 2019 |
| Sydney City Council | NSW | 208,373 | 24 Jun 2019 |
| Tweed Shire Council | NSW | 96,108 | 19 Sep 2019 |
| Upper Hunter Shire Council | NSW | 14,220 | 25 Feb 2019 |
| Victor Harbor Council | SA | 15,248 | 16 Dec 2019 |
| Town of Victoria Park | WA | 34,990 | 14 Aug 2018 |
| Vincent City Council | WA | 35,768 | 4 Apr 2018 |
| Warrnambool City Council | VIC | 35,957 | 7 Oct 2019 |
| Waverley Council | NSW | 74,114 | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Willoughby City Council | NSW | 80,339 | 17 Oct 2019 |
| Wollongong City Council | NSW | 216,071 | 12 Aug 2019 |
| Woollahra Municipal Council | NSW | 58,964 | 9 Sep 2019 |
| Yarra City Council | VIC | 95,981 | 7 Feb 2017 |
| Yarra Ranges Council | VIC | 159,180 | 10 Sep 2019 |
| No .of Australian governments and population total | 84 | 7,330,693 out of 25,120,231 |