Cabinet – May 2009
ClimateQ: toward a greener Queensland
Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability
1.
The Queensland Government has undertaken a review of the State’s key climate
change strategy - ClimateSmart 2050: Queensland climate change strategy 2007
and ClimateSmart Adaptation 2007-12: an action plan for managing the impacts of
climate change.
2.
The revised Queensland climate change strategy, ClimateQ: toward a greener
Queensland (ClimateQ) represents the next chapter in Queensland’s long-term
response to climate change. Based on supporting Queensland’s key sectors, the
strategy includes initiatives to help reduce Queensland’s greenhouse gas
emissions and prepare the state for the impacts of climate change.
3.
Cabinet endorsed the new Queensland climate change strategy, ClimateQ: toward
a greener Queensland.
4.
Cabinet noted the status of current programmes contained in ClimateSmart 2050:
Queensland climate change strategy 2007 and ClimateSmart Adaptation 2007-12:
an action plan for managing the impacts of climate change. (Attachment 4 to
ClimateQ)
5.
Attachment
 ClimateQ: toward a greener Queensland