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The Northern Territory Government’s Climate Change Response: Towards 2050 provides a policy framework that will enable the Northern Territory to strategically manage climate change risk and opportunities. It is a whole of Government response and partnership with all Territorians.
- Climate Change Discussion Paper (2018)
The Climate Change Discussion Paper, released by the...
- Climate Change Nt
2022 Progress Report Released – Northern Territory Climate...
- Climate Change Discussion Paper (2018)
- Minister’s foreword
- challenge and an opportunity
- 3. The climate response policy framework
- 3. Opportunities from a low carbon future
- 2. A resilient Territory
- 4. Inform and involve all Territorians
- Promoting energy eficiency
- Supporting the transition to electric vehicles
- A resilient Territory
- Improving our urban design
- Supporting land managers to adapt to climate change
- Responding to risks from heat and extreme weather
- Unlocking opportunities
- Making the best use of our natural assets
- Building our manufacturing and export industries
- Growing our carbon farming industry
- Inform and involve
- Making sustainable choices
- Understanding the risks
- 5. Delivering the response
Our changing climate is a critically significant and defining issue for our generation. The Northern Territory Government acknowledges the importance of responding to this challenge in a timely and proportionate way. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. We need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and we need to take action against the i...
Climate change is a critical challenge for all the world’s nations and peoples. The international Paris Agreement set a science-based target to limit global warming to less than 2°C and pursue eforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has determined that to stabilise the climate system wi...
The aim of this framework is to maximise the economic, social and environmental well-being of Territorians while responding proactively to the risks and opportunities of climate change. The policy framework established in this Response is built around four key objectives:
Our objective is to unlock opportunities for Territorians, industries and businesses in the transition to a low carbon future. The Territory has a natural advantage to be able to capitalise on low carbon opportunities with its abundance of natural assets
Our objective is to build resilience to climate change in the most vulnerable aspects of the Territory’s communities, economy and environment. Building a resilient Territory means understanding the likely future efects of climate change, puting in place measures to minimise negative impacts, and identifying opportunities presented by adaptation mea...
An efective response to climate change requires action from industry, business, community and individuals. Our objective is that all Territorians will understand the potential impacts from climate change, know what they can do to contribute to the response, and take it
Being more energy eficient – using less energy to achieve the same outcomes – is one of the easiest ways for Territorians to contribute to reducing the Territory’s emissions. Energy eficiency can be as simple as turning of the lights when you leave a room and replacing less energy eficient lightbulbs and appliances with more energy eficient ones. T...
Increasing the use of electric vehicles in the Territory has the potential to significantly reduce emissions from the transport sector. The Territory Government will continue to support and promote the use of electric vehicles in the Territory. There is opportunity to build on the successful autonomous electric vehicle trials at the Darwin Waterfro...
Building a resilient Territory is dependent upon our understanding and anticipation of climate change impacts across the Territory. We know that vulnerable Territorians, particularly Aboriginal Territorians living in remote areas, will be disproportionately impacted by climate change with impacts afecting health and well-being as well as livelihood...
The Territory Government has partnered with the CSIRO, the Australian Government and the City of Darwin to establish the Darwin Living Lab. This 10-year initiative aims to identify measurable improvements in the city’s liveability, sustainability and resilience through testing and evaluating heat mitigaion measures. It will inform tropical urban de...
The Territory’s large land mass and relatively uncleared estate provides opportunities for land managers to improve agricultural practices, reduce greenhouse gas emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, and find opportunities to store carbon in vegetation and landscapes. The Territory Government provides expert professional and technical advice, and...
The risks to Territorians from heat and extreme weather events will increase as our climate changes. Our most vulnerable Territorian’s are likely to be most impacted. The Territory Government is working with researchers and experts to examine the efects of climate change on the health of the community, and to identify strategies to mitigate the hea...
Low-carbon economic growth is underpinned by the growth of a renewable energy industry in the Territory. With one of the best solar resources in the world and a skilled workforce with experience delivering major infrastructure projects, a low carbon future means new employment opportuniies and continued economic development. Solar energy is the che...
The Territory has many outstanding natural assets – from expansive natural environments to minerals that are crucial to innovation and engineering in high technology, renewable energy products, bateries and other products. The Territory Government will continue to work with the tourism industry to grow the number of tourism products and invest in n...
The Territory has the capacity to generate more solar energy than it requires. This opportunity can be harnessed to deliver net zero emission and low cost electricity to major industrial consumers, establishing a critical global competitive advantage. With existing energy export infrastructure, close proximity to economies demanding renewable energ...
Carbon farming refers to the opportunity to reduce emissions associated with land management activities and promote carbon sequestration (or storage) from plants and soils. Carbon farming can increase land productivity and provide other important environmental co-benefits. The Territory has been at the forefront of the Australian carbon farming ind...
Many Territorians want to know more about what they can do to address climate change and how to prepare for climate risks. The Territory Government is commited to developing strategies and acions that promote and support climate-conscious behavioural change. Business and industry have responsibilities to put in place measures to remain competitive ...
A changing climate means being mindful of how we use and manage our natural resources and the services they provide, particularly water. The Territory Government will use water monitoring data, real time weather observations and seasonal data, and projected climate change impacts to manage the sustainable use of water in the Territory. The Territor...
To prepare for climate change we will access the most up to date information and projections of change and impact. The Territory Government will work with business and community groups to identify the key risks to diferent sectors from a changing climate and facilitate appropriate responses. It will undertake risks assessments for Government assets...
This Climate Change Response establishes the objectives and policy pathways for the Territory to achieve net zero emissions, build resilience to the impacts of a changing climate and grasp the opportuniies of a transition to a low carbon future. Responding to climate change is a complex challenge, and this framework is the starting point in a trans...
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The Northern Territory’s (NT) Climate Change Response establishes the economy-wide target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This target is aligned with the Australian Government and every other state and territory in Australia.
The Northern Territory stretches so far from north to south — approximately 1,600km from top to bottom — that it covers 2 distinct climate areas. There’s the warm, tropical Top End and the dry, semi-arid Red Centre .
The Northern Territory is already experiencing the impacts of climate change: All of the Northern Territory has warmed since 1910. Average annual temperature has increased by 1.5 °C since 1910; December-February rainfall increased over almost all of the Northern Territory, while June-August rainfall declined over most of the region.
Climate change action requires all Territorians to be engaged. To transition the Northern Territory (the Territory) to a low carbon economy, meet the challenges and harness the opportuniies, a collective and collaborative approach across all sectors of the Territory’s economy and lifestyle is needed.
