Cities Power Partnership

The Cities Power Partnership (CPP) is a network of local councils in Australia established by the Climate Council in mid 2017 to co-ordinate reducing emissions and to provide councils and communities with the technical expertise and advice to transition to a clean, renewable energy future.

Cities Power Partnership
Formation2017 (2017)
Australia
TypeNonprofit organization
PurposeTo provide councils and communities with the technical expertise and advice to transition to a clean, renewable energy future.
Region served
Australia
AffiliationsClimate Council
Websitecitiespowerpartnership.org.au

The CPP is Australia's largest local government climate network, now comprising 165 organisational members as of November 2021.

Background

Initially the Partnership had 35 Councils participating at its launch at the Mt Majura Solar Farm in the ACT.[1]

Climate Councillor Dr Tim Flannery highlighted that NSW South Coast Councils, including Bega Council, were the first to sign up. "Bega was one of the very first councils to sign up. We put a bit of a call out to Australia, and you guys were really in there."[2]

The City of Newcastle was also a founding member of the CPP, and in April 2020 Deputy Mayor Cr Declan Clausen highlighted in a CPP video the transition of the industrial steel and coal based city being the first Council in NSW to source 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy. "The city of Newcastle is really proud to be the first council in NSW to have 100 per cent of its energy needs delivered by renewable energy. Newcastle has always been an industrial town. First it was coal, then it was steel and now, it's renewables."[3]

The Partnership has since grown to encompass 165 municipal and shire councils around Australia at the end of 2021.[4]

Council Pledges

Participating local councils pledge five actions to tackle climate change when they join in either renewable energy, efficiency, transport or working in partnership to tackle climate change. As of 2020, over 650 pledges have been made by local councils to take decisive climate and energy action.[5]

Annual Climate Awards

The Cities Power Partnership runs yearly climate awards now in 10 categories which member councils participate in.

Awards are for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Transport, Community Engagement, Innovation, Ambition, Collaboration, Climate Ambassador, Climate Champion, Community Choice.[6][7]

References
  1. Burgess, Kate (19 July 2017). "Mt Majura Solar Farm will 'save lives', operators say". Canberra Times. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. McDonald, Alasdair (16 June 2017). "Sharing our approach: 'Bega was one of the very first councils to sign up'". Bega District News. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  3. Skatssoon, Judy (23 April 2020). "Newcastle becomes face of 'climate revolution'". Government News. Newcastle. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  4. "About the Cities Power Partnership". Cities Power Partnership. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  5. "What is the Cities Power Partnership?". Cities Power Partnership.
  6. "2021 Climate Awards". Cities Power Partnership. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  7. Murray, Duncan (18 November 2021). "Local councils punching above their weight on climate change". The Fifth Estate. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
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