{"id":37336,"date":"2020-11-24T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=37336"},"modified":"2020-11-23T10:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:54:53","slug":"sydney-model-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/sydney-model-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney: a Model of Sustainability and a Key to the Economic Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Australian capital is the first city on the planet powered 100% by renewable energy.\u00a0In addition to becoming a model of sustainability, Sydney suggests to the world a possible key to recovery to face the COVID-19 recession<\/h2>\n<p>While the whole world experiences the damages caused by COVID-19, something valuable and pleasant is taking place in <strong>Sydney<\/strong>. Sydney cannot but be delighted with its latest achievement: the city is now powered using <strong>100% <a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/green-energy-europe\/\">renewable<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/green-energy-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> electricity<\/strong><\/a> and stands as a model of sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of a broader and ambitious plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/index.php?page=view&amp;type=99&amp;nr=241&amp;menu=1449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Sidney 2030<\/a>. This plan aims at improving the <strong>city\u2019s environmental impact<\/strong> by reducing CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030. Allan Jones, the Chief Development Officer of <strong>Energy and Climate Change<\/strong>, drew up this visionary project and the city council released it in March of 2008.<\/p>\n<h2>Sydney&#8217;s goals<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-37336 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"536\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/american-public-power-association-eIBTh5DXW9w-unsplash-2-536x356.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"renewable energy sources, wind farms\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-37339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/american-public-power-association-eIBTh5DXW9w-unsplash-2-536x356.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/american-public-power-association-eIBTh5DXW9w-unsplash-2-344x228.jpg 344w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/american-public-power-association-eIBTh5DXW9w-unsplash-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-37339'>\n\t\t\t\tphoto by Chelsea on Unsplash\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"536\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/chelsea-WvusC5M-TM8-unsplash-536x402.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"renewable energy sources, solar farm\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-37340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/chelsea-WvusC5M-TM8-unsplash-536x402.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/chelsea-WvusC5M-TM8-unsplash-344x258.jpg 344w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/chelsea-WvusC5M-TM8-unsplash.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-37340'>\n\t\t\t\tphoto by American Public Power Association on Unsplash\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Sydney is thus run on <strong>locally-sourced clean energy<\/strong> generated from <strong>wind and solar farms.\u00a0<\/strong>Sydney has reached that outstanding goal with perfect timing. Indeed the economic crisis provoked by <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> could lead governments to bring their attention to <strong>renewable energy sources<\/strong>. Renewable energy sources could be <strong>the key to economic recovery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why invest in <strong>renewable energy sources<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irena.org\/publications\/2020\/Apr\/Global-Renewables-Outlook-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Status Report<\/a> by The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), <a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/renewable-sources-clean-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>clean energy investments<\/strong> <\/a>would result in a substantial <strong>financial gain for the GDP<\/strong> by 2050. Therefore, sustainable development would create tens of millions of <strong>new jobs<\/strong> and maximize <strong>energy efficiency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence, not only will the transition to <strong>renewable energy<\/strong> be a <strong>solution to economic challenges<\/strong> but it will also meet <strong>climate goals<\/strong>, fostering the decarbonisation of society and supporting clean energy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cover image: photo by\u00a0 Marley Clovelly via Pexels<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian capital is the first city on the planet powered 100% by renewable energy.\u00a0In addition to becoming a model of sustainability, Sydney suggests to the world a possible key to recovery to face the COVID-19 recession While the whole world experiences the damages caused by COVID-19, something valuable and pleasant is taking place in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":37341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[214],"tags":[187,923,1391,3209],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - 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