Reducing Your Emissions The City of Mandurah has been committed
to taking action on Climate Change since joining the Cities for
Climate Protection Program (CCP) in 1999. Under the CCP Program,
the City set corporate (council operations) and community goals
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% for its corporate
sector and 20% for the community sector by the year 2010, based
on 1998 levels. The City achieved this and reduced emissions by
57% (see graph below). The City is committed to continuing its
efforts to reduce greenhouse gases beyond 2010 and has set a new
target to become a carbon neutral organisation by 2013. The City
has also set a longer term target for 2020, whereby the carbon
neutral status is retained but a cap on the amount of carbon
offsets purchased will apply to ensure a reduction in gross
carbon emissions, rather than just the net carbon emissions. How
has the City reduced greenhouse gas emissions? Since starting
with the CCP Program the City has saved more than approximately
22,000 tonn