sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

Greenhouse Gas Assessment Workbook for Road Projects (Transport
Authorities Greenhouse Group (TAGG), 2011) (TAGG Workbook)
National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors (DCCEE, 2012)
Draft Australian and New Zealand standard AS/NZS DR AS 5334 Climate
Change Adaptation for Settlements and Infrastructure
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management: A Guide for Business and
Government (Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian
Greenhouse Office, 2006)
Roads and Maritime Climate Change Plan (Roads and Maritime, undated).
The assessment considered two aspects, the proposal’s:
Greenhouse gas emission contribution
Response to climate change adaptation through the concept design.
The assessment:
Reviewed the Australian and NSW Government’s policies towards greenhouse
gas emissions and climate change
Confirmed Australia’s current greenhouse gas contribution
Assessed the proposal’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions
Determined how the proposal should be designed to respond to climate change
Determined any impacts that would occur as a result of the proposal.
Greenhouse gas policy
The NSW Greenhouse Gas Plan recognises the 15 per cent contribution
transportation makes to the State’s emissions of which, 47 per cent is due to cars,
25 per cent is due to commercial vehicles, 18 per cent is due to aviation, four per
cent due to rail, four per cent is due to shipping, and two per cent is due to other road
transport modes (NSW Government, 2005). The consequential policy response is to:
Adopt urban design principles to reduce reliance on the car (as taken forward in
section 3.2.4)
Improve and promote public transport
Facilitate cycling and walking
Integrate public transport.
Climate change policy
The NSW Climate Change Policy (NSW 2021) focusses on building resilience to
extreme climatic events and hazards by ‘helping understand and minimise the
impacts of climate change’. The policy contains climate change targets focussing on
increasing renewable energy use, reducing energy consumption, increasing public
transport use, promoting walking and cycling and encouraging the development of
sustainable communities.
Separately, Roads and Maritime has committed itself to minimising climate change
through:
Reducing its carbon footprint
Helping reduce the carbon footprint of transport in NSW
Adapting the State’s roads against the impacts of climate change.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 402
Review of Environmental Factors