Regional Transitions

Sustainable growth opportunities for our regions, communities and businesses.

The success of the transition depends on strong collaboration across industry, research, communities and governments to build the national skills and readiness to transition to a low emissions future. 

Towards Net Zero is partnering with regions to help connect key stakeholders in the transition, so they can learn from other regions, experts, industries, and communities. 

Why is this needed? 

The net zero transition is taking place in regions all around Australia, particularly those reliant on Australia’s hard-to-abate industries. With so many regions transitioning we need new ways of working together to align efforts and avoid fragmentation.  

• Connecting the dots: We know that regions want to engage with those already transitioning to net zero to understand what is working, where, when, for who, and why. 
• New ways to coordinate and collaborate: We need to build national understanding of different net zero transitions and what they look like in different regions. In doing so, we can capture those learnings so they can be used in future, as the foundations of change for new regions. This way, each region can design and tailor their own transition pathways, to best suit their communities. 
• Informing policy from the ground up: These learnings can then be fed up through Government to understand the opportunities and challenges our regions are facing. This will help inform policy to support sustainable growth opportunities for our regions, communities and businesses. 

How does it work? 

Stakeholders from across industry, community, local, state and federal governments come together at roundtables to share stories, experiences and perspectives. We discuss things like; 

• Regional energy and infrastructure developments  
• Equitable outcomes and community participation 
• Coordinating approaches and collaboration mechanisms 

What we want to achieve 

1. Share from experience, build on what’s working in each region, learn from failure and empower community participation. 

2. Develop connections and coordination between industry, government and community to form new types of partnerships 

3. Spark collaboration to enable action and implementation

We are just at the start of these important conversations. If your organisation works across Indigenous engagement or regional communities please get in touch.