Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP with Santa
Happy Christmas and New Year
Christmas will be more Australian this year with wildflower and native bird themes on banners and light projections.
Our Christmas Tree Lighting in Martin Place and celebrations in Hyde Park will again mark the start of City Christmas festivities.
Our City and villages will sparkle with decorations and free family concerts will be held in Elizabeth Bay, Rosebery, Alexandria and Surry Hills.
To improve sustainability the City is reducing power by using LED lighting and the electricity used in all of the City’s festive decorations is matched with 100% GreenPower thanks to our sponsor EnergyAustralia. Vegetable gardens grown by local students will feature at the family Christmas Concerts to demonstrate how to live healthy and green.
The Town Hall will again be the striking backdrop for our Christmas projections. Every night from 8.30pm, 26 November, until Christmas day, twelve uniquely Australian Christmas images will light up the facade of the building.
Christmas is a time to come together, celebrate and to extend peace and goodwill to others.
On behalf of the City of Sydney, Councillors and Staff, we wish you a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and sustainable New Year.
Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
Christmas is also a time to consider how we can make our future environmentally sustainable.
In December I will be in Copenhagen representing Australian Capital City Mayors to support climate action.
Cities make up two per cent of the earth’s surface but they now account for 80 per cent of emissions. If measures like those developed in Sustainable Sydney 2030 were implemented in all of Australia’s major cities, national emissions could be halved in 20 years.
The summit is therefore an important opportunity to highlight the central role cities play in reducing global emissions, and to demonstrate what practical steps can be taken now to ensure a future for the planet.
Clover Moore MP
Lord Mayor of Sydney
