RESTORATIVE ENERGY
A restorative energy industry that increases biodiversity in Queensland, and empowers First Nations people and regional communities while providing affordable, reliable renewable energy.
The impacts of climate change are being felt around the world already, and here in Far North Queensland we are no exception. We are seeing increased and severe terrestrial and marine heat events, coastal hazards, wildfires and more.
While we already feel the impacts of climate change, impacts are predicted to worsen.
To avoid the worst of climate change we know that we need to reduce our emissions and an essential step is to scale up our use of renewable energy, and reduce our use of fossil fuels. We are excited to see that the Queensland Government is progressing the the transition to renewable in Queensland. However, we are seeing energy development across Queensland out-run government planning and result in uncoordinated development which will not result in best practice for nature, community and our climate future.
Reform To State Code 23 for Wind Farms – QLD
After significant campaigning efforts from CAFNEC, QCC and our collective members, the reform of State Code 23 was announced shortly before the Queensland Election. The code regulates the development wind-farms under state planning laws. Join CAFNEC’s outgoing Director, Lucy, to understand what the changes to State Code 23 mean and how you can use the new code to ensure that nature is better protected in the roll out of renewable energy.
Tackling Biodiversity & Climate Crises Together and Their Combined Social Impacts
“Solving some of the strong and apparently unavoidable trade-offs between climate and biodiversity will entail a profound collective shift of individual and shared values concerning nature – such as moving away from the conception of economic progress based solely on GDP growth, to one that balances human development with multiple values of nature for a good quality of life, while not overshooting biophysical and social limits.”
The withdrawal of the the Wooroora Wind Farm proposal sends important signals to both industry and government about the importance of environmental sensitivity in the transition to renewable energy. You will hear from folk at the Queensland Conservation Council, and CAFNEC about the work happening to help progress the roll out in the right places, how it intersects with the review of our federal nature laws and actions you can take now to be a part of that!
Restorative Renewable Energy
Vision
A restorative energy industry that increases biodiversity in Queensland, and empowers First Nations people and regional communities while providing affordable, reliable renewable
energy.
Queensland is stepping into the renewable energy boom, an essential move for the emissions reduction we need for a safe climate future. With commitments at both national and state levels, Queensland is set to see large-scale renewable energy development across the state, scaling to replace our domestic energy production, and work towards becoming renewable energy exporters.. Queenslanders across the state are excited for this energy transformation.
Queensland is also home to large tracts of natural areas, forests and essential habitats, some of which are seen nowhere else in the world. Our environments provide essential ecosystem roles for a safe climate and are critical to limiting global temperature rise. We Queenslanders love our precious natural places and want to see them protected and enhanced in the decades to come.
Without inclusive leadership from industry and government that empower local communities to be active participants in the planning process, we risk losing some of our most precious parts of nature, culture and community. Renewable energy is designed to lower emissions, protecting nature and people. We must ensure that we do not fail to achieve this with short sighted energy development that has perverse consequences for local habitats, First Nations culture and rural and regional communities.
Queenslanders have a vision for a restorative renewable energy industry,. one that rapidly moves us away from polluting fossil fuels, looks after the local habitats we love, and ensures that workers, farmers, regional communities and First Nations culture are looked after in the transition. A restorative industry empowers community and increases biodiversity across the state while tackling climate change in the transition to renewable energy.