13. Ensure effective climate change mitigation and adaptation planning and decision-making for infrastructure by implementing methods of accountability and coordination across state agencies and government trading enterprises, including:
- annual public reporting of progress on mitigation and adaptation actions via responsible Ministers
- introducing performance measures related to progress of infrastructure-related mitigation and adaptation actions in directors-general and government trading enterprises chief executive officers’ accountability mechanisms
- regular public reporting of the state’s emissions, the extent to which they have changed compared with 2005 levels, and estimated emission reductions achieved through implementing the sectoral emissions reduction strategies.
The WA Government responded to Foundation for a stronger tomorrow in February 2023. Recommendation 13 is partially supported. For further information please refer to the response document.
Actions:
13.24 Consider additional reporting of the state's emission reduction as part of the SERS
13.25 Subject to the result of Action 13.24, the introduction of infrastructure-related performance measures in Director General and Chief Executive Officer accountability mechanisms requires further consideration
1/2 actions are behind schedule
1/2 actions have not commenced
13.24 Behind schedule
The Climate Change Bill was introduced to Parliament in December 2023, however debate has been postponed
13.25 Not commenced
This action is dependent on the outcomes of the Climate Change Bill, which is currently postponed.