Community Emissions Reduction Strategy
In 2021 the Clarence Valley Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy was developed to baseline the community greenhouse gas emissions, provide recommendations and implementation guidance.
A summary of the key insights from the Strategy including emissions baseline, recommended actions and implementation approach is presented below.
Emissions Baseline
The Clarence Valley Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy baselines the Clarence Valley Community’s greenhouse gas emissions for 2018-19. The results are shown tabulated and repeated graphically below.
Recommended Actions
The Clarence Valley Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy recommends measures available to reduce Clarence Valley’s footprint. A total of 48 actions are included and are categorised to address each of the major emissions sources identified above. Given the areas of emissions and the regional profile, the Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy focuses on nine main areas of action that, implemented together in a sustained way, can significantly reduce emissions.
These nine abatement areas are:
Implementation Approach
The Clarence Valley Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Strategy illustrates actions by stakeholders that can help the community respond to climate change and reduce emissions. They can typically be organised into ten categories, illustrated below. Different stakeholders will be able to respond in different ways, and to a greater or lesser extent on each of these.