{"id":28620,"date":"2024-08-22T02:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T02:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=28620"},"modified":"2024-08-22T02:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T02:47:59","slug":"city-charged-up-to-make-the-switch-towards-net-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/city-charged-up-to-make-the-switch-towards-net-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"City charged up to make the switch towards net zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 1,500 Novocastrians have plugged into the Hunter’s renewable energy future after being given front-row access by City of Newcastle to key thinkers, stakeholders and decision-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes and NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe at City Hall for the Empowering Newcastle series<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-part Empowering Newcastle event series, which wrapped up on Saturday with a keynote address by NSW Climate Change and Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, has been a lightning rod for ideas and dialogue about renewables, electrification and the road to net zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier events included an Electrify Everything presentation by world renowned entrepreneur Saul Griffith and a stakeholder roundtable discussing a transition to electric vehicles and low emissions transport in Newcastle.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the series has been a hit with Novocastrians seeking to take an active part in a more sustainable future for their city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There’s been a buzz around Empowering Newcastle from the opening event with Dr Griffth. It was fantastic to be in a room engaging in practical electrification solutions that align perfectly with our city’s climate goals,” Cr Nelmes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When you add the invaluable engagement with Minister Sharpe in a wide-ranging energy discussion I was proud to take part in, City of Newcastle has delivered a fantastic series that’s put the community into the policy and delivery conversation with all levels of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was also thrilled to launch City of Newcastle’s Empowering Newcastle community climate action program, which will support more residents, businesses, and community groups to create a net zero future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first phase of this new community climate action program will offer a range of online resources to help participants become more energy efficient, switch to renewable energy and electrify. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be followed by a free Climate Champions training program to run early next year, which will equip emerging local climate leaders with the knowledge and skills to deliver community-led electrification campaigns and projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications for this training program will open soon, with a community information session to be held at City Hall on 19 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empowering Newcastle is a key action of City of Newcastle’s Environment Strategy, which sets out a 10-year environmental roadmap around the priority areas of climate change, nature-based solutions and the circular economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 1,500 Novocastrians have plugged into the Hunter’s renewable energy future after being given front-row access by City of Newcastle to key thinkers, stakeholders and decision-makers. Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes and NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe at City Hall for the Empowering Newcastle series The three-part Empowering Newcastle event series, which wrapped up … Continue reading “City charged up to make the switch towards net zero”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28621,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28620\/revisions\/28621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}