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Target: Cut by one-third Queenslanders' carbon footprint with reduced car and electricity use

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Current performance
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Progress toward the target
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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

Queensland Solar Hot Water program – as at 30 September 2009 more than 40,000 people have registered for this program. The Queensland Solar Hot Water program is delivering up to 200,000 affordable solar hot water heaters over three years.
ClimateSmart Home Service – as at 30 September 2009 more than 102,400 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 – in the past financial year (July 2008 – 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 30 September 2009, 65 community groups have applied for funding through this program. This involves approximately 146, 500 Queenslander and saving approximately 104, 658 CO₂. The Low Carbon Diet guides participants on how to make changes to their daily activities to save money on electricity and water bills and reduce greenhouse gas emission levels.

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Progress toward the target

Reports

Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland Annual Progress Report 2008-09 provides detailed information on our progress toward the 10 targets over the first year.

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.