Bold new targets for Sydney’s green and resilient future

(Noodls, 28 Jun 2016) A new City of Sydney plan has set ambitious new targets for 50 per cent of electricity used in the local area to come from renewable energy by 2030 and for net zero emissions by 2050.

Environmental Action 2016-2021 consolidates the City's environmental work to date, takes into account advances in technology and sets strong actions across the next five years.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the plan builds on the important targets and work already being delivered as part of the City's long-term program, Sustainable Sydney 2030.

'World leaders agreed to limit global temperature rise to less than two degrees Celsius at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris last year,' the Lord Mayor said.

'Temperatures are already increasing and by 2070, Sydney could be up to three degrees hotter. The City of Sydney is getting on with the job of slowing this dangerous warming while setting bold new targets for the future.

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Noodls, 28 Jun 2016: Bold new targets for Sydney’s green and resilient future