OnePlanet Blog
An Ecosystem of Local Government Climate Action
The vast majority of Local Governments have declared a climate emergency and developed, or are in the process of developing, a Climate Strategy. While every strategy will need to respond to the local context and the specifics of the Local Government itself (Unitary, Two Tier etc), there will nonetheless be a huge amount of commonality...
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New OnePlanet Community Partnerships Program Launched
Written by Peter Anderson, Partnerships Coordinator Local community and environmental groups often contact OnePlanet inspired by presentations they’ve seen or what they’ve heard from OnePlanet users. They often have a lot of enthusiasm for developing Action Plans of their own to help their community move to a sustainable future. The OnePlanet platform can demonstrate the...
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OnePlanet x Useful Projects: Understanding your baseline and context
Recently we partnered with leading sustainability consultancy Useful Projects to co-develop climate strategies for local governments. This brings a unique blend of consultancy expertise and our tailored technology platform to implement climate action effectively. In a short series of posts, we will show you the full range of tools that help to achieve this. They will...
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Local knowledge is essential for effective climate action, says the United Nations. OnePlanet technology can help.
This week, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their latest report on climate change. We need to act now The IPCC state again that we need to take urgent climate action right now. It will be a mammoth task that requires ‘genuine and global transformational change’. Yet, it offers a huge...
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Bringing innovative technology and sustainability expertise together
It’s become increasingly clear that local governments occupy a unique position in responding to and addressing climate change. From a climate adaptation perspective it is local governments who will need to respond to the impacts of climate change, the heatwaves, floods and storms – as well as supporting the local communities to build resilience. Yet when...
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