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The document outlines Australia's goals and key targets to achieve sustainable cities and communities under Goal 11, and climate action under Goal 13 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It identifies Australia's strengths in implementing national and state strategies, as well as weaknesses around heavy car dependence in some areas. Opportunities include using cross-sectoral approaches and expanding public transport. Threats include the complex interrelations between cities and communities, and the challenges of reducing emissions from Australia's coal-reliant economy and infrastructure to meet international climate targets.

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The document outlines Australia's goals and key targets to achieve sustainable cities and communities under Goal 11, and climate action under Goal 13 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It identifies Australia's strengths in implementing national and state strategies, as well as weaknesses around heavy car dependence in some areas. Opportunities include using cross-sectoral approaches and expanding public transport. Threats include the complex interrelations between cities and communities, and the challenges of reducing emissions from Australia's coal-reliant economy and infrastructure to meet international climate targets.

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Goal Key targets Strengths Weakness Opportunities Threats

11.2 - Australia has - Some states and - Using a cross- - Cities and
implemented a territories such as sectoral communities are
By 2030, provide national and Canberra and approach looking interrelated and
access to safe, state-based Sydney are into the health are a complex
affordable, strategies to heavily focused benefits of active make up with
accessible and achieve on car travel travel such as social, cultural,
sustainable transport (Australian (Australian biking or walking physical,
systems for all, Academy of Academy of (Australian technology,
Goal 11: improving road Science, 2018). Science, 2023). Academy of economic,
Sustainable Cities safety, notably by - It is proven that - In NSW transport Science, 2018). resource and
and Communities expanding public good choices emissions are - Increasing major environmental
transport, with made by policy currently the public transport systems where
special attention to makers in second largest delivery one system
the needs of those in considering component programs will affects another
vulnerable situations, how cities are greenhouse reduce fuel and may
women, children, structured have gases (SOE, consumption and sometimes
persons with a big impact on 2021). congestion and unintended,
disabilities and older the levels of - The growing lead to lower results
persons. resources, waste urban footprint in environmental (Australian
production, and Australian cities impacts caused Academy of
sustainability. For is often by private cars as Science, 2018).
example, in accompanied by it can move a - Loneliness crisis
Perth’s old city high rates of car large mass of and sluggish
centre a walkable dependence people and productivity
configuration has causing goods (SOE, Australian
been constructed increased 2021). (Academy of
the uses less raw emissions and air - Strategies to Science, 2018).
materials, fuel, pollution (Future manage - Crowded
land space, and Earth, 2019). environmental transport
water (Future - 6.2 million impacts of road (Australian
Earth, 2019). Sydney residents and related Academy of
made 18.6 million infrastructure Science, 2018).
trips in 2019- such as
2020 by all minimising the
modes of use of non-
transport on a renewable
weekday resources,
equating to managing
approximately erosion and
three trips per sediment during
person per day construction
(SOE, 2021). works, protecting
- Independent biodiversity via
motor vehicles planning
remain the approvals and
dominant mode conditions,
of transport in implementing
NSW with 68% of additional wildlife
all trips on an protection
average weekday features, such as
by Sydney fauna fencing
residents (SOE, and fauna
2021). crossings and
reducing energy
use and
greenhouse gas
emissions
through LED
traffic light (SOE,
2021).

13.1 - The Australian - Australia is a - The Australian - It is an ambitious


Strengthen resilience government significant Government is goal to emissions
and adaptive establish a new contributor of looking at the six reduction target
capacity to climate- Department of exporting coal, potential offshore (AOFM, 2022).
related hazards and Climate Change, contributing windfarms - If Australia does
natural disasters in Energy, the approximately throughout not act fast, the
all countries Environment and 20% of thermal Australia as a impacts and
Goal: 13 Water and 50% source for threats will be
13.2 (DCCEEW) in metallurgical coal renewable severe with
Climate Action Integrate climate July 2022 and (AOFM, 2022). energy increase droughts
change measures introduced a law - Infrastructure (DCCEEW, impacting
into national policies, for Australia to such as batteries 2022). agriculture and
strategies and reduce and panels to - National Electric food production
planning greenhouse gas support electric Vehicle Strategy (NSW Climate
emissions, vehicles to to promote an Change, 2023).
13.3 provide annual reduce emissions increase of - Impacts to the
Improve education, statements, (AOFM, 2022). electric vehicles economy
awareness-raising reviews and - Although in Australia projecting
and human and updates on Australia has (AOFM, 2022). between $750
institutional capacity targets and future moved four - Put a public stop million to $1.5
on climate change reductions to the places, we are in funding coal billion (NSW
mitigation, minister (AOFM, ranked 55th out and gas to Climate Change,
adaptation, impact 2022). of 63 in the reduce the 2023).
reduction and early - Australia’s fuel Climate Change production and - Increase in
warning source profile is Performance exporting extreme weather
on average with Index for 2023 (Climate Council, events such as
the rest of the (Climate Council, 2022). bushfires,
world and is 2022). heatwaves,
using just over - A national plan storms, flooding
50% coal for per state and and cyclones
electricity with it territory to (Australian
decreasing as achieve net zero Academy of
renewable emissions by Science, 2023).
sources increase 2050 in line with - Increasing
(AOFM, 2022). the Paris poverty,
- Gippsland is Agreement by economic crisis,
approved for the reducing hunger, health
first offshore greenhouse gas and well-being
windfarm to emissions by and more (UN,
produce 43% by 2030 n.d.).
renewable energy (AOFM, 2022).
(DCCEEW, - Australia’s 2030
2022). emissions
- Australia has had reduction target is
the highest one of the
uptake in solar weakest for a
globally with developed
approximately a country (Climate
third of Australian Change Council,
homes with 2022).
rooftop solar - Australia is yet to
panels (AOFM, start phasing out
2022). coal and gas
production
(Climate Council,
2022).

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