Recent Climate Change & Energy Efficiency Initiatives Introduced In Victoria

On 17 July 2006, the Victorian Government released Our Environment, Our Future – Sustainability Action Statement, which outlines the government’s proposal to introduce a package of sustainability initiatives to, among other objectives, respond to the challenge of climate change, to maintain and restore Victoria’s natural assets and to use resources more efficiently.

Of the initiatives proposed, possibly the two most significant measures, both in terms of impact on industry and the Government’s ability to implement the key goals of the Sustainability Action Statement, are the mandatory Victorian Renewable Energy Target and Environment and Resource Efficiency Plans.