The Zero Carbon Alliance is a group of major organisations in Dunedin, established to collaboratively work on reducing Dunedin’s emissions. It includes the Dunedin City Council, Otago Regional Council, University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic – Te Pūkenga, Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Dunedin International Airport Limited.
Staff from the Zero Carbon Alliance partners liaise and collaborate on an ongoing basis to reduce their organisations, and city-wide, emissions. This work involves identifying, sharing and building support for existing initiatives, opportunities and good practices that relate to emissions reduction. By working together, these organisations are aiming to lead Dunedin towards achieving its Zero Carbon 2030 goal.
The purpose of the Alliance is to address and/or achieve:
- greater visibility and support for existing collaborative emissions-reducing initiatives
- shared understanding of Dunedin’s emissions profile
- sharing of good practice around reducing both organisational and city-wide emissions
- identification of additional collaborative opportunities to reduce both operational and city-wide emissions generally, and to contribute to the city’s Zero Carbon 2030 target specifically
- wider and more coordinated promotion of good practice and success in emissions reduction, and the importance of the Zero Carbon 2030 target
- opportunities to input into the development of a Zero Carbon 2030 Plan for Dunedin; and
- opportunities for research that may be transferable to the reduction of emissions in other contexts.
Zero Carbon Alliance partners welcome interest to join the Alliance from organisations that meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Mana whenua;
- Public sector agencies or local authorities with a key strategic role in decarbonising Dunedin’s public sector specifically, and Dunedin’s economy generally;
- Major emitters in the Dunedin context, with a commitment to achieving reduction in emissions by 2030 in line with those prescribed by the Science Based Target initiative; or
- Membership-based organisations representing major Dunedin sectors.
At minimum, new partners of the Alliance are required to maintain an organisational emissions profile and reduction plan, and to commit staff resource to support collaboration on emissions-reducing initiatives.
For further information on the Zero Carbon Alliance, please contact ZeroCarbon@dcc.govt.nz.