greener motoring

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ON THE ROAD TO
greener motoring
Terry AgnewGroup Chief Executive RAC of WA
AAA Climate Change Conference
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Overview

• The climate change challenge
• Motoring clubs their members
• What motorists think
• Government industry

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Overview

• The climate change challenge
• Motoring clubs their members
• What motorists think
• Government industry

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The Earth is warming
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and we are contributing

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  February 2007
• unequivocal warming of the climate system
• very likely that this is being caused by human
  activity
• CO2 concentrations will be above 550 ppm by 2050
• Earths temperature will rise by 2 5 degrees by
  2100

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Cars generate emissions
Australias greenhouse emissions by sector
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The vehicles we drive havent helped

• Add trend in average fuel consumption for pass.
  cars light commercials (inc 4WDs) over similar
  period

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Overview

• The climate change challenge
• Motoring clubs their members
• What motorists think
• Government industry

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Important role for Motoring Clubs

• For our 6.5 million members
• Reduce cars impact on climate change by
• Educating informing
• Working with government industry
• Maintain mobility
• Do not compromise safety
• Uniform measures across all sectors
• Lead and defend

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Community concern is growing
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Motorists overestimate the role of the car
Motorists estimates of the cars contribution to
GHG
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What motorists think should be done
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The community is ahead of government
Large 6 cylinder cars as a proportion of fleet
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Guiding principles

• Sustainable mobility
• All sectors of all economies
• Governments, industry, organisations and
  individuals have a role to play
• Do not compromise safety

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AAAs climate change statement

• Published in February 2008
• Collective effort of each of the motoring clubs

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Motoring Clubs objectives

• Reduce and offset members emissions
• Sustainable mobility for all
• Minimise the emissions from our businesses
• Work with government and industry

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Assist and encourage members to cut emissions
Help members to cut emissions
Off-set what cant be cut
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Consumer information
Greenwheels.com.au
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Minimising our own emissions
Change lighting Adjust Air conditioning Change
water heating
Reduce km traveled
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Overview

• The climate change challenge
• Motoring clubs their members
• What motorists think
• Government industry

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Emissions Trading

• Australia's motoring clubs support emissions
  trading on these terms
• All sectors of the economy
• Tailored to Australia but compatible with
  international systems
• Reform fuel tax before emissions trading

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Industry must step up

• adopt a non-mandatory fuel economy target of 140g
  CO2/km for all passenger cars.
• ACIS funding should be tied to environmental
  outcomes.
• Continued GCIF funding conditional on reducing
  emissions.

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What we want from Government

• Set the targets and provide incentives
• Set an example with its own vehicle fleet.
• Dont restrict Green Car Challenge to vehicles
  manufactured in Australia.
• Set a revised target for Commonwealth car fleet
  based on the Green Vehicles Guide
• Do not dictate the type of low-emission vehicles
  eligible the Green Car Innovation Fund (GCIF).

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