About
Queenscliffe Climate Action Now (QCAN) emerged on 30 October 2019, following a remarkable community meeting in Point Lonsdale, Victoria.
Local residents gathered together, united in a growing concern about the increasing impacts of the world’s climate crisis on our local community and natural environment.
At this meeting, a unanimous motion was passed to enable a group of local residents to work with the community and the Borough of Queenscliffe to ensure the climate crisis and its impact on our region is a strategic priority.
The first step was achieved on 19 December, 2019 when Council voted to declare a climate emergency and develop a Climate Emergency Response Plan in partnership with the community after receiving a petition with 2145 signatures - each of which was physically gathered in either Point Lonsdale or Queenscliff from people who live, work, send their kids to school, or regularly holiday in the Borough.
Despite COVID-related restrictions throughout 2020, the QCAG worked closely in partnership with the Borough of Queenscliffe to create an ambitious, community-led Climate Emergency Response Plan, that was endorsed by Councillors on 19 May 2021.
A Memorandum of Understanding was created after the plan’s endorsement, to formalise the partnership approach between the Borough of Queenscliffe and QCAN. This unique partnership aims to ensure that the community’s Climate Emergency Response Plan has every chance of success.
Council declared a climate emergency and developed a response plan in partnership with the community
Aim
Queenscliffe Climate Action Now (Inc.) are a group of local residents from Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff, two towns on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria who make up the Borough of Queenscliffe.
Our aim is to work closely with Council and the community to support them - as the smallest local government area in Victoria - to become world leaders in responding to the impacts we face from climate change.
The Borough’s Climate Emergency Response Plan has three key targets:
Our community’s electricity consumption will be matched by a 100% renewable electricity supply by 2025
Our community’s energy needs will be matched by a 100% renewable energy supply by 2027
Our community will have transitioned to a Zero Carbon Community by 2031.
These targets will be achieved through a variety of actions that sit under eight pillars:
Wadawurrung Country, Cultural Heritage and Values
Renewable Energy
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Transport
Mobilisation, Education and Collaboration
Adaptation and Resilience
Consumption and Waste
Environmental Regeneration