Target: Cut by one-third Queenslanders' carbon footprint with reduced car and electricity use
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Current performance
This chart shows preliminary modelling of the average Queensland household carbon footprint.
Source: Preliminary modelling undertaken by Ecofund based on indicative future trends for relevant emissions sources. The baseline represents available data when Q2 was released on 8 September 2008.
The carbon footprint measure is based on car and electricity use and the amount of waste sent to landfill.
To achieve the target Queensland households must reduce their average carbon footprint from 13.77 tonnes (calculated in 2006-07) to 9.18 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year by 2020.
The most recently available data (2007-08), indicated that the carbon footprint dropped 4.9 per cent to 13.10 tonnes which comprised:
- Electricity emissions: 8.05 tonnes
- Fuel related emissions: 4.01 tonnes
- Waste related emissions: 1.04 tonnes
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Complementary indicators
- ClimateSmart Home Service - as at 31 March 2010 more than 164,799 households have taken advantage of the service. As part of the service an electrician visits your home to conduct an energy audit and provide energy advice or energy saving tools, such as light bulbs.
- Public transport use - from July 2008 to June 2009 use of public transport increased by 12.5 million trips with 181.9 million trips made on buses, trains and ferries across Translink's South East Queensland public transport network.
- Low Carbon Diet - as at 31 March 2010, 170,957 participants took the Low Carbon Diet to make changes to their daily activities to save money on electricity and water bills and reduce greenhouse gas emission levels.
- Solar Bonus Scheme - as at 31 March 2010, 22,473 customers were participating in the Solar Bonus Scheme, which encourages households to install rooftop solar panels by paying 44 cents per-kilowatt-hour for surplus electricity exported into the Queensland grid.
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Progress toward the target
Reports
Case study
1 Million Women
1 Million Women is a two year national campaign to engage one million everyday Australian women to each make a commitment to cut one tonne of greenhouse gas emissions in 12 months. The collective goal is to stop 1 million tonnes of emissions from entering the atmosphere - the equivalent to taking 250,000 cars off the road for a year.
Media releases
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More information
Further reading
- The Greenhouse Indicator (non-government site) provided weekly by The Climate Group, measures Queensland's greenhouse gas emissions from the three main sources of energy: coal, natural gas and petroleum.
- Australia's National Greenhouse Accounts (external site) are a comprehensive set of reports outlining Australia's greenhouse gas emissions - as a nation, by state and by industry.
Useful links
Last updated Thursday, August 19, 2010
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