Strategy and planning
Bringing together government, project developers and asset owners with aligned strategy, impact assessment, and transition planning.
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Policy and regulatory review and analysis against outcome areas, including evaluation of project licensing and approval requirements, risk analysis, and multi-jurisdictional project development assessments.
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Industry and regional scale transition planning that considers workforce and the complex interdependencies and systems impact of energy transitions on communities.
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Defining program scope and objectives, developing the business case and scenario modelling risks, as well as cost modelling implementation options.
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Business case development that enables strategic decision making with insights into solution options, financial analysis, risks assessment, stakeholder analysis and costing of implementation options.
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Evaluation of economic benefits and dis-benefits from development at local and regional scales, including economic modelling and scenario analysis, and drawing on leading edge research and tools.
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Acclimate Partners offers social impact assessment services for major projects and State Significant Developments, meeting robust requirements of governments and informed by community engagement practices that align with IAP2 principles and values.
Case study: Diversifying and transitioning the City of Lithgow from coal mining
The Lithgow local government area in New South Wales has a population of 25,000 people and is known for its industrial base of coal mining and coal-fired power generation, which supplies 15% of the New South Wales energy needs. The rapid shift from coal mining and coal fired power generation in Australia presents risks to Lithgow’s economy, workforce and wider community.
The Government of New South Wales and Lithgow City Council engaged Acclimate Partners to develop a robust transition plan and establish viable options for a diversified economy. Working with specialist economics advisory firm Natural Capital Economics and partners, Acclimate Partners led the transition planning including workforce, governance and actions; engaging industry and investors to identify growth opportunities including in renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. The transition plan quantified the gaps between the present state and the target future state, with a roadmap of activities and investment required to achieve the successful transition.
Acclimate Partners identified the investment attraction requirements and consulted institutions seeking to deploy capital into ESG assets to assess capital gap scenarios against the transition plan. The resulting transition plan is considered by the client as a benchmark document and the transition governance recommendations have resulted in a partnership between the Council, the energy sector, and a major university based in the area. The resulting actions have been adopted in principle by the Lithgow City Council. Acclimate Partners is now supporting the transition implementation phase.
Case study: Establishing the social sector, building capacity and transitioning service delivery in the Middle East
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi promotes a sustainable society and economy that is transparent and responsive to the needs of Abu Dhabi’s diverse and growing community, providing a dignified life for all. The Abu Dhabi Government strives to increase the scope and raise the quality of the Emirate’s Third Sector, including not-for-profit and social enterprise services.
The Third Sector is still emerging in the Emirate and the Government aims to reform the regulatory environment and operating conditions to incentivise development of a strong Third Sector ecosystem, as well as greater community engagement in volunteering.
Acclimate Partners has been engaged to support establishment and transition of the Emirate’s Third Sector. Our team is supporting the Abu Dhabi Government across legislative, policy and regulatory activities, while engaging in design and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation framework, design of community centres, development of regulation around fundraising and donations, and developing policy and guidelines for CSR and for the economic valuation of volunteering.
Working in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Government, Acclimate Partners has supported acceleration of regulatory reform, policy setting, and development of the Third Sector ecosystem and volunteering culture in the Emirate.
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