DEPUTY mayor Amanda Cohn has succeeded in a push for Albury Council to have a more "ambitious and achievable" carbon emission reduction target.
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Councillors were this week presented with a year-on-year improvement aim on carbon intensity of council operations per resident.
It was included among a suite of corporate success pillar measurements, but the proposed "enhanced environment" target calculated on the 2007 base year results of 0.5 tonnes per resident was ditched in favour of a report being prepared by June next year setting ambitious and achievable carbon intensity reduction targets for 2025, 2030 and 2050.
The report will be prepared in consultation with the energy and sustainability officer, the sustainability advisory committee, youth council and cities power partnership partner councils.
"What the federal government does is obviously outside our control, but what I am proposing is within our control.
"The target proposed in the report is simply a reduction in carbon footprint from residents year-on-year.
"But what I'm hearing loud and clear from our community is they want us to set a stronger target."
Cr David Thurley, who seconded the revised motion, said council's efforts to date needed to be acknowledged.
"This council has done already quite a lot," he said.
"I've never been comfortable with the idea of declaring climate emergencies and I'd rather see concrete actions."
Cr Alice Glachan wanted previous actions including the Halve Waste program, solar panels on council buildings and the switch to LED street lighting reflected in the report.
