What the Queensland Government is doing
The Queensland Government is committed to tackling the climate change challenge, and is working in partnership with industry, business and the community to reduce the state's carbon footprint and build resilience to climate change impacts.
- ClimateQ
- Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland
- Electric vehicles in Queensland
- Helping Queenslanders to reduce their carbon footprint
ClimateQ
ClimateQ: toward a greener Queensland is a $196 million investment in a suite of initiatives across key Queensland sectors-including energy, planning and building, business, community, primary industries, ecosystems, transport and government-designed to engage Queenslanders in practical action to respond to climate change impacts and reduce emissions.
Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland
The Queensland Government's Toward Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland strategy outlines the government's commitment to tackling climate change and helping Queenslanders reduce their carbon footprint.
The strategy includes a 2020 Q2 Green Target of cutting the State's household carbon footprint by a third - however this cannot be achieved without community action.
Electric vehicles in Queensland
Honouring its commitment to support the global deployment of electric vehicles, the Queensland Government is currently developing an electric vehicle policy. The policy, will support the introduction of electric vehicles to Queensland.
Helping Queenslanders to reduce their carbon footprint
The Queensland Government has a range of programs and initiatives to help Queenslanders make ClimateSmart choices and reduce their household carbon footprint.
These include:
- The ClimateSmart Home Service can help householders to reduce their energy use around the house and also reduce the cost of energy bills.
- The ClimateSmart Retail program can help Queenslanders with purchasing a whitegoods appliance that could save them water, energy and money.
- Supporting the national climate change campaign, 1 Million Women, to inspire one million Australian women to make a commitment to each cut one tonne of CO2 in a year.
- Helping Queenslanders to offset their vehicle's emissions with the Reverse the Effect Vehicle Offset Contribution Scheme.
- Providing Queenslanders with advice about sustainable building practices and information about sustainable development under the Sustainable Planning Act.
- Encouraging Queenslanders to be TravelSmart - to reduce their car use and instead consider environmentally-friendly travel options such as public transport, cycling, walking and carpooling.
- Encouraging recycling at home and in public places around Queensland.
- Encouraging Queensland householders to do the bright thing and switch to solar or solar hot water.
Last updated 17 October 2011