CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY TO 2050

1 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY TO 2050 MELBOURNE TOGETHER FOR CA CITY THAT CARESFOR THE sustainability is the basis of all Future Melbourne goals. It requires current generations to choose how they meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to be able to do the same. Acknowledgement of Traditional OwnersThe City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) people of the Kulin Nation and pays respect to their Elders, past and from City of Melbourne 1 Executive Summary 3 List of priority actions 8 City of Melbourne s Council Pledge 91.

2 Strategic context How can we address global warming? Melbourne s emissions profile Why we need a new approach A low carbon, circular economy 172. Taking bold action together City of Melbourne s role Australian and Victorian CLIMATE CHANGE policy Proposed emissions reduction targets 203. Strategic priorities Where should we direct our effort? Strategic priorities 24 Strategic priority 1: 100 per cent renewable energy 25 Strategic priority 2: Zero emissions buildings and precincts 30 Strategic priority 3: Zero emissions transport 35 Strategic priority 4: Reducing the impact of waste 404. How we will implement the STRATEGY 44To find out how you can participate in the decision-making process for the City of Melbourne s current and future initiatives, visit 2018 Cover Image: Flinders Street Station, photo credit: Luke EvansDisclaimerThis report is provided for information and it does not purport to be complete.

3 While care has been taken to ensure the content in the report is accurate, we cannot guarantee is without flaw of any kind. There may be errors and omissions or it may not be wholly appropriate for your particular purposes. In addition, the publication is a snapshot in time based on historic information which is liable to CHANGE . The City of Melbourne accepts no responsibility and disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information contained in this Consider CLIMATE adaptation and MITIGATION in an integrated way Health benefits Enhancing social inclusion and social benefits Innovation, knowledge sharing and transparency Alignment to the Sustainable Development Goals Measuring, reporting and evaluating progress 51 Appendix 1: Implementation Plan 52 Appendix 2.

4 Technical notes 61 Acknowledgements 64 Abbreviations 65 Glossary 66 References 67 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY to 2050vLIST OF TABLES AND FIGUREST able 1: Detailed analysis of each scenario 4 Table 2: Analysis of each scenario 21 Table 3: Emissions reduction targets: Significant Action Scenario 22 Table 4: Emissions reduction targets: Accelerated Action Scenario 22 Table 5: Strategic priority 1 Actions modelled 27 Table 6: Strategic priority 2 Actions modelled 32 Table 7: Strategic priority 3 Actions modelled 37 Table 8: Strategic priority 4 Actions modelled 42 Table 9: Health benefits from CLIMATE action 46 Table 10: Examples of a socially inclusive approach 48 Table 11: Sources of emissions from Greater Melbourne 61 Figure 1: Emissions reduction needed under each scenario 4 Figure 2: Sources of municipal emissions in 2017 12 Figure 3: Greater Melbourne s total emissions by municipality 13 Figure 4: Potential contribution of Australian and Victorian Government policies to Melbourne s emissions reduction 2020 2050 19 Figure 5: Scenarios for emissions reduction targets 20 Figure 6: Significant Action Scenario 2020-2050 23 Figure 7: Accelerated Action Scenario 2020-2050 23 Figure 8: Emissions reduction potential of energy supply actions 28 Figure 9.

5 Zero emissions buildings and precincts 33 Figure 10: Emissions from different transport modes 36 Figure 11: Transport emissions reduction potential 38 Figure 12: Waste emissions reduction potential 43 Figure 13: The Sustainable Development Goals 50 Figure 14: Global Protocol for Community-Scale (GPC) Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory boundary 61 Figure 15: Method of economic analysis of CLIMATE actions CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY to 20501 MESSAGE FROM CITY OF MELBOURNEThis CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY is a major commitment to action. The City of Melbourne is proud to be part of a local and international movement of cities that will act to reduce emissions and to address CLIMATE CHANGE this STRATEGY we will continue to lead and inspire ambitious and rapid CLIMATE CHANGE action among our residents, community organisations, businesses, investors and all levels of government in Australia and around the City of Melbourne is already investing in renewable energy, urban forests, green buildings, waste innovation and in better pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.

6 Through such creative initiatives, we can deliver better health for our community together with economic, social and environmental benefits. A more resilient city will be better prepared for heatwaves, storms and STRATEGY guides our next steps in reducing the largest sources of emissions in our municipality to achieve our science-based targets and to align our actions with the Paris Agreement on CLIMATE need to take urgent action, together with the Victorian and Australian governments, to strengthen an international effort to limit global warming to C. We invite you to join us in our commitment to transformational action, with clear benefits for all who live and work in our city.

7 Sally Capp Lord Mayor City of Melbourne Cr Cathy Oke Portfolio Chair, CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY to 20503 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYL ocal action, global leadershipThe City of Melbourne is leading by example, demonstrating the possible and sharing the solutions to CLIMATE 2003, we set an ambitious target of zero net emissions for the municipality of Melbourne by 2020. We were one of the first cities to set such an ambitious target and many other cities followed our lead. We are now part of a movement of cities around the world taking bold action for the benefit of our communities and for future generations. The global role of cities in stepping up to act on CLIMATE CHANGE was recognised in the 2015 Paris CLIMATE Agreement.

8 Since that time, national and state governments, cities, investors, businesses and communities alike have begun to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help avoid a global average temperature rise of C. The Intergovernmental Panel on CLIMATE CHANGE has conveyed a clear message to leaders around the world that CLIMATE CHANGE is already impacting communities and that urgent action is needed. The Australian Government has ratified the Paris CLIMATE Agreement and the Victorian Government has introduced the CLIMATE CHANGE Act 2017. This provides a fresh opportunity for the City of Melbourne to pursue our long-standing commitment to act on the emissions that cause CLIMATE CHANGE .

9 To align with the 2015 Paris CLIMATE Agreement, we now need to reset ambitious emissions reduction targets for 2030,1 achieve net zero emissions before 2050 and align our STRATEGY to the C40 CLIMATE Action Plan This CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION STRATEGY identifies the actions that we can take to leverage systemic CHANGE . We want to pilot a virtual power plant powered by renewables in the city. We will expand the ground-breaking Melbourne Renewable Energy Project (MREP) to facilitate power purchase agreements for businesses across the city. This will generate investment in new renewable energy. We will also advocate for Victorian and Australian Government action to deliver 100 per cent renewable energy to our city and to increase the ambition of Australia s CLIMATE bold action together In 2016, the City of Melbourne hosted a deliberative democracy process, the Future Melbourne Refresh, to develop a community vision and set priorities for Melbourne.

10 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the municipality was identified as a top priority and this is reflected in our Council Plan 2017 2021. This view is shared across Victoria: 80 per cent of people are willing to act on CLIMATE CHANGE and 87 per cent think local government should be taking Council Pledge to reduce emissions is the first of its kind under the Victorian CLIMATE CHANGE Act 2017. The STRATEGY has been developed as part of the C40 CLIMATE Action Planning Pilot Program, sharing our approach with other cities including: Boston, Durban, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, New York and Paris. We've developed it as an example for others to use and improve as part of our commitment to local government City of Melbourne will partner with industry and the Victorian and Australian Governments to demonstrate zero emissions for the Fishermans Bend and Arden precincts and remove barriers to zero emissions buildings.