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WHICH 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.

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.

PLANS OF COUNCILS WHO HAVE DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY

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 BE IN A COUNCIL’S CLIMATE EMERGENCY PLAN?

CACE suggest this https://www.caceonline.org/your-climate-emergency-plan.html

LIST OF COUNCILS WHO 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