News: a timeline of the earlier program
There is no live news feed here. This page is a dated record of the main milestones of the earlier Carbon Neutral Adelaide program, drawn from public sources and written in our own words.
- 2015
- The City of Adelaide and the Government of South Australia announce a shared ambition for Adelaide to become the world's first carbon neutral city. Both are showcased at the Paris climate negotiations that year. (City of Adelaide progress update, June 2022)
- November 2016
- The joint Action Plan 2016-2021 is released. It relies mostly on cuts to city building emissions, with offsets for the remainder by 2025. (InDaily, 8 November 2016; SA Government consultation page)
- May 2017
- The partner program is launched with 40 organisations, including the University of Adelaide, Uniting Communities, Siemens and OzHarvest. (InDaily, 30 May 2017)
- 2017
- The first of three award rounds. The others follow in 2019 and 2021. (City of Adelaide progress update, June 2022)
- November 2019
- Award winners announced, with more than 175 organisations in the partner program. (City of Adelaide media release, 13 November 2019)
- November 2021
- Third award round at Adelaide Town Hall, with six categories and more than 100 guests. (City of Adelaide media release, 1 December 2021)
- 2022
- The City's progress update reports a 21 per cent fall in community emissions between 2007 and 2020, more than 200 partner organisations, and a final report on the action plan to follow. (City of Adelaide, June 2022)
- June 2024
- The council endorses the Integrated Climate Strategy 2030, which replaces the Carbon Neutral Strategy 2015-2025 and several other plans. In the same month it is reported to be moving to a “net zero ready” approach and ending offset purchases. (City of Adelaide consultation page; InDaily, 7 June 2024)
Topics the earlier program's news covered
Over the years its news items dealt with shared solar for apartment blocks, home electrification, building upgrade finance, electric vehicles, reducing food waste, sustainable events, carbon offsetting and a long run of partner profiles. Take the practical parts of those topics from our take action guide.
Award rounds are on their own page: awards history.
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