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Climate Change Action in the
Northern Territory
Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for
Practitioners
Paul Purdon
Manager Environment and Greenhouse Policy
Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
Stern Review on the Economics of
Climate Change
Key Conclusions:
Climate change poses the risk of major disruption to global
economic and social activity
The benefits of strong and early action considerably outweigh the
costs
If no action is taken, cost of climate change over next two centuries
equivalent to 5-20% reduction in global GDP
The cost of action to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations can
be limited to 1% of global GDP
(http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change)
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NT Context
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Territory Shares in 2004
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National Emissions
 Second level
21.8%
12.1%
4.9%
2.8%
28.1%
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
Western Australia
1.9%
South Australia
0.2%
Northern Territory
28.1%
Tasmania
ACT (Partial Inventory)
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NT Context
NT Emissions by Sector in 2004
2.7%
Stationary
Energy
Transport
0.7%
64.7%
22.7%
9.3%
Industrial
Processes
Agriculture
LULUCF
0.0%
Waste
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NT Strategy for Greenhouse Action 2006
VISION
Territorians working together to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions & limit the negative impacts of
climate change
GOALS
• Manage risks and maximise opportunities
• Take practical and cost effective action to limit
impacts
• Respond holistically to greenhouse emissions
and climate change
PRINCIPLES
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NT Strategy for Greenhouse Action 2006
• Objective 1: Government leadership
• Objective 2: Minimise emissions from savanna burning
• Objective 3: Minimise emissions from agriculture and land use
changes
• Objective 4:Minimise emissions by improving management of
transport and urban land use
• Objective 5: Minimise emissions from electricity supply and
use
• Objective 6: Minimise emissions from industry and waste
• Objective 7: Adapting to climate change
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Objective 1: Government leadership
• Establishes emission reduction targets for
energy use in government:
• commercial buildings
• passenger fleet
• Contribute to national policy initiatives
• COAG Plan of Collaborative Action on
Climate Change
• Ministerial council work on energy efficiency
and emissions reporting
• National Emissions Trading Taskforce
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Objective 2: Minimise emissions from
savanna burning
• Major source of NT emissions (41%)
• Action to minimise emissions from
savanna fires
• Research into estimation of emissions
from savanna fires
• Encouraging industry to invest in fire
management offsets
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Objective 5: Minimising emissions from
electricity supply and use
• Promoting uptake of renewable energy
• Promoting energy efficiency in the
community
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Objective 6: Minimise emissions from
industry and waste
• Consideration of greenhouse and
climate change issues in environmental
impact assessment
• Mandatory public reporting of
greenhouse gas emissions by major
industry
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Objective 7: Adapting to climate change
• Risk assessment of potential climate
change impacts on the NT
• To inform development of appropriate
adaptation plans
• National cooperation
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Key Messages
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Climate change requires action from all sectors of the community
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Planners and developers have a role
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Requires consideration of climate change in decision making mitigation and adaptation responses
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Driven increasingly by government requirements and community
demand
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Planning community has opportunity to show leadership
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