A new Chair and general members have been appointed to the ACT Climate Change Council for a 3-year term following a recruitment process.
The eight members of the Council are representatives of the Canberra community with a wide range of expertise, skills and experience. Their insights will be vital as the ACT builds a climate-resilient city and community and continues to work on new and innovative methods to achieve net zero by 2045.
The new members work across a variety of areas in the ACT including energy innovation and the energy transition, public health, climate change adaptation and resilience, youth engagement, and social and economic sciences.
Dr Arnagretta Hunter will Chair the Council through her second term on the committee after joining in 2022.
The ACT Government has also appointed the first of 2 dedicated Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander positions, with Stephen Mudford formally joining the Council after participating previously as an Observer. Madison Barancewicz also joins as the Council's first ever youth representative.
The new appointments of the ACT Climate Change Council are:
- Dr Arnagretta Hunter – (Chair)
- Stephen Mudford (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Member)
- Madison Barancewicz (General Member)
- Dean Spaccavento (General Member)
- Professor Jacki Schirmer (General Member)
- Associate Professor Rebecca Colvin (General Member)
- Dr Rosemary McFarlane (General Member)
- Dr Heinz Schandl (General Member)
The new Council will work with the Canberra community to ensure their views can be reflected in the advice provided to the Minister.
Recruitment will be undertaken for a second dedicated Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander position, as outlined in the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010. The government will continue working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to fill this position.
