5AClimate change action plan

5A Climate change action plan

[Section 5A Inserted by No. 35 of 2022, s. 6, Applied:30 Nov 2022]

(1)  The Minister is to prepare a climate change action plan within 2 years after the commencement of this Act and at least every 5 years thereafter.

(2)  Subsection (1) notwithstanding, the Minister is to prepare the first climate change action plan within 12 months of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(3)  Before preparing a climate change action plan under subsection (1) or (2) , the Minister is to cause a draft climate change action plan to be published online and call for public comment.

(4)  A climate change action plan must include details of the emissions reduction measures that Tasmania will adopt.

(5)  The actions in the climate change action plan must –

(a) reduce Tasmania’s greenhouse gas emissions; and

(b) build resilience to the impacts of a changing climate through adaptation measures; and

(c) manage climate-related risks and take advantage of potential opportunities from a changing climate.

(6)  In developing a climate change action plan, the Minister is to take into account the following matters:

(a) the objects of this Act;

(b) Tasmania’s emissions reduction target;

(c) greenhouse gas emissions for Tasmania contained in the latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory;

(d) the latest and best available science on the projected impacts of climate change on Tasmania;

(e) consultation with relevant business, industry, scientific, environmental and community bodies, children and young people, local government, relevant unions, the peak body representing trade unions and the Tasmanian community;

(f) evidence on the effectiveness of existing measures to reduce Tasmania’s greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change;