The Australian Government has opened consultation for Australia’s First Nations Clean Energy Strategy, inviting views on how to enable First Nations peoples to lead and benefit from the clean energy transformation.
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The First Nations Clean Energy Strategy aims to ensure First Nations peoples can
meaningfully participate in and benefit from Australia’s clean energy transformation, access affordable and reliable renewable energy, and lead and be equal partners in the energy transformation.
“First Nations peoples have strong local and cultural knowledge, including management of Country. This knowledge can, and should, inform how Australia transforms its energy systems to achieve net zero emissions,” the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) said.
The strategy is being developed in partnership with First Nations peoples, organisations and communities across Australia.
DCCEEW is also holding a series of roundtables with representatives from First Nations communities, Traditional Owners, Prescribed Body Corporates, Land Councils, industry, government, law and policy experts, and state and territory governments.
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It will use feedback received through this consultation, the roundtables and regional conversations to inform the development of the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy, which will be delivered by mid-2024.
To read the consultation paper or have your say, visit the consultation hub.
