What's being done
Queensland's response
The Queensland Government is committed to remaining at the forefront of Australia's response to climate change. It is implementing initiatives that reduce emissions so that the state can play its part in meeting a national reduction target of 60 per cent below 2000 levels by 2050, and to prepare our industries and communities for the impacts of climate change in Queensland.
These initiatives include:
- Driving Change: Queensland’s Electric Vehicle Policy
- Climate Change: Adaptation for Queensland Issues Paper
- Climate change strategies
- Townsville Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy Pilot Project
- Achieving our Q2 Target
- Office of Climate Change
- Premiers Council on Climate Change
- Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence
- Office of Clean Energy
- Government leading by example
Australia's response
The Commonwealth Government is committed to ensuring Australia meets its responsibilities in facing this global challenge. The government has embraced a comprehensive plan of action to reduce our national emissions.
International response
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Kyoto Protocol
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Last updated 17 February 2012