気候行動計画と排出削減の課題評価：ネットゼロへの道におけるタスマニア地方政府のエビデンス

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🔬研究者:地方政府の気候開示指数とネットゼロ実装の課題を実証的に示す、サブナショナル気候ガバナンス研究の参考事例。

🏢実務担当者:自治体・企業のサステナビリティ担当は、GHG算定・第三者保証・標準テンプレート導入の実務的示唆を得られる。

🏛政策担当者:政策担当者は、地方政府のネットゼロ準備度評価と政策的一貫性・資金・能力構築の枠組み設計に活用できる。

In line with growing international treaties like the Paris Agreement and Kyoto Protocol, the Australian Government aims to reduce emissions by 62%–70% by 2035 and achieve net-zero by 2050. These commitments have intensified the urgency for coordinated climate action across all government levels. Within this national context, Tasmania, though the smallest Australian state, stands out for its pioneering net-zero emissions legislation. This study aims to examine how 29 Tasmanian local councils assess their climate action plans and the challenges they encounter in progressing towards net zero. Through the application of a sequential mixed-method approach, the authors developed a Climate Change Disclosure Index tailored to local government contexts to analyse 520 reports (2007–2023) and conduct interviews with council leaders and sustainability consultants. The results show fragmented emission reduction implementation in local governments and tensions between commitments and practical limitations in federated systems. Through thematic analysis, seven key challenges were identified: inadequate capacity and resourcing, leadership-environmental knowledge gap, climate strategy scepticism, business engagement, risk aversion, insufficient legislation and prioritisation coherence. This study advances the understanding of subnational climate governance, highlighting need for policy coherence, funding and capacity-building frameworks to achieve measurable outcomes. The findings of this study offer practical insights for policymakers in linking strategic objectives to key performance indicators through baseline setting, progress monitoring and sustainability reporting. This integrated approach can guide councils in developing greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting methods, incorporating emissions data and adopting third-party assurances. Furthermore, state governments can play a facilitative role by establishing standardised templates for local GHG inventories, as uniform reporting practices enable comparability, benchmarking and policy coherence across jurisdictions. In addition, the climate disclosure index developed in this study can be used by other organisations, policymakers, regulatory bodies and practitioners to assess organisations’ preparedness towards net zero. This study contributes to the climate governance literature by providing evidence on how local governments implement net-zero commitments. By integrating legitimacy perspectives, this study highlights how multilevel governance pressures shape the ambition and capacity for implementing climate action plans in subnational climate strategies. In addition, this study develops a climate disclosure index tailored to the local government context to assess organisations’ policies, action plans, strategies and preparedness towards net zero.

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