Participant Resources

Generally speaking, rural and regional councils around Australia, particularly those from the agricultural sector, have a markedly different greenhouse gas emissions' profile to their urban counterparts.

In many rural councils, agriculture alone is responsible for over 70% of the community greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, agricultural emissions are estimated to contribute over 20% of total net greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture is also perhaps the industry most likely to be directly and profoundly affected by the impacts of climate change. In response, an expanding network of rural and regional councils is working on the climate change issue.

Rural and regional councils also differ greatly from urban councils in terms of their corporate and community greenhouse gas emission sources, providing unique opportunities for greenhouse gas abatement.

Please browse through the information and support materials created for councils that are working to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, particularly those generated by the agricultural sector.

• CCP Framework (i.e. Milestone Support Documents)
• Funding Opportunities
• Rural Victorian Case Studies
• Best Practice Guidelines
• Action Resources
• ICLEI Tools (i.e. Software and Toolkits)