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Agenda Item 7.1 Proposed travel by Councillor Arron Wood, Participation in Divest

Invest Conference Sydney 5 April 2016

Please write your submission in the space provided below and submit by no later than noon on the day

of the scheduled meeting. We encourage you to make your submission as early as possible.

This is a written submission in regards to the Melbourne City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday

22 March 2016 to be held in Council Chambers. In particular this written submission relates to -

Agenda Item 7.1 Proposed travel by Councillor Arron Wood, Participation in Divest Invest Conference

Sydney 5 April 2016

Councillors should support the recommendation from the management (Item 11) "That Council

approves the proposal by Councillor Arron Wood to participate in the Divest-Invest Conference in

Sydney on 5 April 2016. Participation in this conference is essential for the City of Melbourne to

continue the important work that was undertaken by its active participation in the United Nations

Framework Convention Climate Change Conference that was held in December 2015 in Paris (COP 21).

This involvement in both national and international conferences concerning climate science and

strategic approaches to renewable energies ensures that the City of Melbourne is positioning itself to

be in a better posture to ensure a better and brighter future for the citizens of Melbourne.

After reading the Report to Council concerning the Proposal to travel by Councillor Arron Wood,

Participation in Divest Invest Conference Sydney 5 April 2016 Councillors should reaffirm its

commitment to clean energy through its investments.

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria on the 16th March 2016 released a Landscape Succession Strategy that

will guide the management of Melbourne Gardens into the next century – launching it 170 years to the

day when land for Melbourne’s much-loved botanic gardens was set aside on the south bank of the

Yarra River.

The initial concerted planting strategy at the royal Botanic Gardens was undertaken by Ferdinand

Mueller, appointed Victoria's first State Government Botanist by Charles Joseph La Trobe.Ferdinand

Mueller was the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) in the period from 1857 to 1873. Mueller

was a firm believer in improving the scientific knowledge of the Victorian community. By participating

in the Paris climate talks (COP 21) and having active involvement in this Divest-Invest Conference in

Sydney in April 2016, City of Melbourne is improving the knowledge base of the citizens of Melbourne,

and being faithful to Muellers scientific legacy.

City of Melbourne has a working relationship with the RBG and should continue to strengthen its

bonds of friendship by discussing with RBG management its involvement and participation in the

Divest-Invest Conference in Sydney on 5 April 2016.

On Wednesday 24 February 2016 the Department of Agriculture and Food of the Government of

Western Australia released a report detailing the developing climate systems in Australia (AEGIC New

Australian Climate Developing).

Much can be achieved to ensure that Melbourne has a better and brighter future and after perusing

through this report from Western Australia, one can see the importance of the City of Melbourne being

an active participant of the Divest-Invest Conference in Sydney on 5 April 2016.

Yours sincerely

Chris Thrum

email - mineralsands@hotmail.com

Phone - 0422066973

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-council/committees-meetings/council-

meetings/MeetingAgendaItemAttachments/715/119/mar16-council-agenda-item-7-1.pdf

http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/news/landscape-succession-strategy-for-melbourne-gardens

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Regarding:ProposaltotravelbyCouncillorArronWood,ParticipationinDivest-InvestConference,Sydney5April201621March2015DearCouncillors,AsFriendsoftheEarthMelbourne’sYes2Renewablescommunitycoordinator,IwriteinsupportofCouncillorArronWood’sattendanceattheupcomingDivest-InvestConferenceinSydney.TheClimateInstituteisaprominentnationalorganisationengagedinclimatechangepolicymaking.Thefirst-of-a-kindeventwillbringtogetherarangeofstakeholderstoconsidertheacceleratingtrendofinstitutionaldivestmentfromfossilfuelsaswellastheopportunitiesforinvestinginclimate-friendlybusinesses.TheestablishmentofthenationalRenewableEnergyTargetSchemein2001andVictoriantarget(VRET)in2006sawthelikesofPacificHydro,Senvion,Vestas,andotherplayersestablishheadquartersinMelbourne—creatinghundredsofjobsandmillionsworthofinvestment.TheFederalgovernment’scuttothenationalRenewableEnergyTargetputthehandbrakeonthegrowingsector.AFriendsoftheEarthsurveyof15renewableenergycompaniesfoundthatoveralljobnumbersinMelbournefellfrom556in2013to507in2014—a9percentdecrease—inresponsetopolicyuncertainty.ByhavingrepresentationattheDivest-InvestConference,theMelbourneCityCouncilwillgainacriticalinsightintothewaysinwhichMelbournecanattractitsshareofclimate-friendlyinvestment.ThisshiftincapitalwillbeakeydriverforMelbourne’scleantechbusinessesamidpolicyfailurefromtheFederalgovernment.RepresentationattheeventwillalsoallowtheMCCtoshowcaseitssustainabilityleadership,suchasthe1200Buildingsprogram;theRenewableEnergyTargetof25percentby2018;andtargetforzero-netemissionsby2020.KindRegards,LeighEwbankYes2RenewablescommunitycoordinatorFriendsoftheEarthMelbourne0406316176leigh.ewbank@foe.org.au@TheRealEwbank

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Divest-Invest Conference: Councillor Arron Wood’s proposed attendance

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22 March 2016

Divest-Invest Conference

Dear Councillors,

I am a Melbourne based barrister with a strong interest in climate action and renewable energy and I

support Councillor Arron Wood’s proposed attendance at the forthcoming Divest-Invest Conference in

Sydney.

If the vast majority of respectable climate scientists are correct we are either facing (or close to facing)

a climate emergency. This conference will be at the cutting edge of the growing move for institutional

divestment from fossil fuels as part of the inevitable move to 100% clean renewable energy, with the

enormous investment and job opportunities that this will entail.

I believe that it is vital that the progressive Melbourne City Council is represented at the conference

and that Councillor Wood is an obvious choice as an attendee given his strong track record in the area.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Laird

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