Guest Book - climate change and health consultation
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The Framework needs more mention of the role of Advocacy within Healthcare teams. We will be the frontline in responding to changes, we need to be more accountable for educating and informing patients and general public. There needs to be a scaled up response around 'rural/regional' response in general. Needs more input from those teams as the most vulnerable, alongside our valued Aboriginal colleagues. Also needs a more flexible response of support from the metro areas in emergency planning, as well as emergency planning of increased influx of patients into the metro areas to support regional areas under duress. Mental health a VERY key area here - not really highlighted in the Framework as such.
LottieT
Almost 2 years ago
RE: 5.1 Develop renewable energy transition and use targets.
The State Government and SA Health stopped purchasing significant accredited renewable electricity in 2014. The SA Government websites have progressively removed all references to buying renewable electricity and GreenPower. If SA Health is going to lead by example, it needs to address why it is not prepared to buy accredited renewable electricity. SA Health should acknowledge that just being in South Australia does not mean renewables use. The best that could be claimable from the grid is the mandatory Renewable Power Percentage plus 53 % of the small tradable percentage. These together represent about 30%. To get to 100%, SA Health would need to buy the balance as GreenPower or Large-scale Generation Certificates (~70%).
Customers buying accredited renewable electricity have already led by example. It would be great for SA Health to follow their lead.
In regard to renewable electricity use and related zero emissions, I trust that SA Health understand the difference between market based accounting and location based accounting (including which one should be used for net zero claims). I also would expect that SA Health would participate in an accreditation framework such as Climate Active to assure its progress to net zero emissions.
Happy to discuss.
Tim Kelly
Almost 2 years ago
RE: 5.1 Develop renewable energy transition and use targets.
The State Government and SA Health stopped purchasing significant accredited renewable electricity in 2014. The SA Government websites have progressively removed all references to buying renewable electricity and GreenPower. If SA Health is going to lead by example, it needs to address why it is not prepared to buy accredited renewable electricity. SA Health should acknowledge that just being in South Australia does not mean renewables use. The best that could be claimable from the grid is the mandatory Renewable Power Percentage plus 53 % of the small tradable percentage. These together represent about 30%. To get to 100%, SA Health would need to buy the balance as GreenPower or Large-scale Generation Certificates (~70%).
Customers buying accredited renewable electricity have already led by example. It would be great for SA Health to follow their lead.
In regard to renewable electricity use and related zero emissions, I trust that SA Health understand the difference between market based accounting and location based accounting (including which one should be used for net zero claims). I also would expect that SA Health would participate in an accreditation framework such as Climate Active to assure its progress to net zero emissions.
Happy to discuss.
Tim Kelly
Almost 2 years ago
RE: 5.1 Develop renewable energy transition and use targets.
The State Government and SA Health stopped purchasing significant accredited renewable electricity in 2014. The SA Government websites have progressively removed all references to buying renewable electricity and GreenPower. If SA Health is going to lead by example, it needs to address why it is not prepared to buy accredited renewable electricity. SA Health should acknowledge that just being in South Australia does not mean renewables use. The best that could be claimable from the grid is the mandatory Renewable Power Percentage plus 53 % of the small tradable percentage. These together represent about 30%. To get to 100%, SA Health would need to buy the balance as GreenPower or Large-scale Generation Certificates (~70%).
Customers buying accredited renewable electricity have already led by example. It would be great for SA Health to follow their lead.
In regard to renewable electricity use and related zero emissions, I trust that SA Health understand the difference between market based accounting and location based accounting (including which one should be used for net zero claims). I also would expect that SA Health would participate in an accreditation framework such as Climate Active to assure its progress to net zero emissions.
Happy to discuss.
Tim Kelly
Almost 2 years ago
There was no "none of the above for the last survey question
Tom Gannon
Almost 2 years ago
As our Northern Areas of SA get hotter it will be even more difficult to find Health Staff to work in what already is an unbearable climate
Robbob
Almost 2 years ago
What a load of crap. This kind of thinking has led to us having exceedingly expensive electricity and has contributed to the exodus of manufacturing from not only SA, but Australia in general. We are bankrupting ourselves to reduce Australia's miniscule 1% contribution to carbon dioxide emissions. When companies in a first world country are asked to reduce their power usage at certain times to lower the risk of a blackout, you know there is something wrong. This is what you do in poorer nations, lacking in appropriate infrastructure. Build HELE coal and make use of our natural endowments in a fuel source we happily sell others. You can still get to your mythical net zero with reliable, cheap and long lasting (not 15 years like the unreliable "renewables") coal and gas, without any one source of power being zero emissions. It's called maths, but then we don't do maths in Australia, do we, we do everyone gets a participation prize.
PaulinSeoul
Almost 2 years ago
Removed by moderator.
PaulinSeoul
Almost 2 years ago
There should have been a tick box for " moronic" at the end of the survey
Philx
Almost 2 years ago
Another waste of tax payers money and distraction by a department that can not actually do what they are paid to do, provide quality and safe healthcare for all South Australians.
The Framework needs more mention of the role of Advocacy within Healthcare teams. We will be the frontline in responding to changes, we need to be more accountable for educating and informing patients and general public.
There needs to be a scaled up response around 'rural/regional' response in general. Needs more input from those teams as the most vulnerable, alongside our valued Aboriginal colleagues. Also needs a more flexible response of support from the metro areas in emergency planning, as well as emergency planning of increased influx of patients into the metro areas to support regional areas under duress.
Mental health a VERY key area here - not really highlighted in the Framework as such.
RE: 5.1 Develop renewable energy transition and use targets.
The State Government and SA Health stopped purchasing significant accredited renewable electricity in 2014. The SA Government websites have progressively removed all references to buying renewable electricity and GreenPower.
If SA Health is going to lead by example, it needs to address why it is not prepared to buy accredited renewable electricity. SA Health should acknowledge that just being in South Australia does not mean renewables use. The best that could be claimable from the grid is the mandatory Renewable Power Percentage plus 53 % of the small tradable percentage. These together represent about 30%. To get to 100%, SA Health would need to buy the balance as GreenPower or Large-scale Generation Certificates (~70%).
Customers buying accredited renewable electricity have already led by example. It would be great for SA Health to follow their lead.
In regard to renewable electricity use and related zero emissions, I trust that SA Health understand the difference between market based accounting and location based accounting (including which one should be used for net zero claims). I also would expect that SA Health would participate in an accreditation framework such as Climate Active to assure its progress to net zero emissions.
Happy to discuss.
RE: 5.1 Develop renewable energy transition and use targets.
The State Government and SA Health stopped purchasing significant accredited renewable electricity in 2014. The SA Government websites have progressively removed all references to buying renewable electricity and GreenPower.
If SA Health is going to lead by example, it needs to address why it is not prepared to buy accredited renewable electricity. SA Health should acknowledge that just being in South Australia does not mean renewables use. The best that could be claimable from the grid is the mandatory Renewable Power Percentage plus 53 % of the small tradable percentage. These together represent about 30%. To get to 100%, SA Health would need to buy the balance as GreenPower or Large-scale Generation Certificates (~70%).
Customers buying accredited renewable electricity have already led by example. It would be great for SA Health to follow their lead.
In regard to renewable electricity use and related zero emissions, I trust that SA Health understand the difference between market based accounting and location based accounting (including which one should be used for net zero claims). I also would expect that SA Health would participate in an accreditation framework such as Climate Active to assure its progress to net zero emissions.
Happy to discuss.
RE: 5.1 Develop renewable energy transition and use targets.
The State Government and SA Health stopped purchasing significant accredited renewable electricity in 2014. The SA Government websites have progressively removed all references to buying renewable electricity and GreenPower.
If SA Health is going to lead by example, it needs to address why it is not prepared to buy accredited renewable electricity. SA Health should acknowledge that just being in South Australia does not mean renewables use. The best that could be claimable from the grid is the mandatory Renewable Power Percentage plus 53 % of the small tradable percentage. These together represent about 30%. To get to 100%, SA Health would need to buy the balance as GreenPower or Large-scale Generation Certificates (~70%).
Customers buying accredited renewable electricity have already led by example. It would be great for SA Health to follow their lead.
In regard to renewable electricity use and related zero emissions, I trust that SA Health understand the difference between market based accounting and location based accounting (including which one should be used for net zero claims). I also would expect that SA Health would participate in an accreditation framework such as Climate Active to assure its progress to net zero emissions.
Happy to discuss.
There was no "none of the above for the last survey question
As our Northern Areas of SA get hotter it will be even more difficult to find Health Staff to work in what already is an unbearable climate
What a load of crap. This kind of thinking has led to us having exceedingly expensive electricity and has contributed to the exodus of manufacturing from not only SA, but Australia in general.
We are bankrupting ourselves to reduce Australia's miniscule 1% contribution to carbon dioxide emissions.
When companies in a first world country are asked to reduce their power usage at certain times to lower the risk of a blackout, you know there is something wrong. This is what you do in poorer nations, lacking in appropriate infrastructure.
Build HELE coal and make use of our natural endowments in a fuel source we happily sell others. You can still get to your mythical net zero with reliable, cheap and long lasting (not 15 years like the unreliable "renewables") coal and gas, without any one source of power being zero emissions. It's called maths, but then we don't do maths in Australia, do we, we do everyone gets a participation prize.
Removed by moderator.
There should have been a tick box for " moronic" at the end of the survey
Another waste of tax payers money and distraction by a department that can not actually do what they are paid to do, provide quality and safe healthcare for all South Australians.