Department of the Chief Minister

Climate Change Policy Launch

18 Dec 2009

Chief Minister Paul Henderson, together with the Minister for Climate Change, Mr Karl Hampton, today launched the Northern Territory Climate Change Policy, the Territory’s comprehensive action plan to ensure all Territorians can play a part in efforts to address climate change.

The $34 million Northern Territory Climate Change Policy was developed in consultation with the Territory community over a two year period, especially business, environment and community sectors.

The five headline actions in the policy are to:

• make the Territory Government carbon neutral by 2018     
• remove four million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by 2020 through better land management   
• the Territory will be a low land-clearing jurisdiction, protecting the “carbon bank” in our landscape
  
• be a world leading generator of renewable and low emissions power in remote communities by 2020, and 
• protect our priceless coastal wetlands from rising sea levels.

To download the policy and other information on climate change in the Territory, go to www.greeningnt.nt.gov.au