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Note: The production of the materials on this website was funded by the Australian Government for use by local governments which were part of the Cities for Climate Protection Australia Milestone Support Program that ended on 30 June 2009. Please note that ICLEI Oceania Program and Project support, the Greenhouse Gas Application (GGA) and milestone recognition is no longer available.
Milestone 1 is an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from council’s own operations (the corporate sector), and an analysis of sources of emissions from the municipality as a whole (the community sector). Once the base year inventory has been completed, a Business As Usual (BAU) forecast is undertaken to let council know where its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be in future should consumption continue at a comparable rate.
Milestone 1 is the starting point in the CCP Program. It is important to undertake it thoroughly as it underpins the rest of the program. It is a snapshot of both corporate and community emissions, and gives an indication of which activities are contributing to GHG emissions within a given municipality. This information will then determine the most appropriate course of action to reduce a council's GHG emissions.
Finally, Milestone 1 acts as a constant reference point to track future endeavours and serves as a measuring stick against which a municipality’s progress through the milestones' process is measured.
Read about Milestone 2
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