What sort of relationship might capital cities build with the Commonwealth government to progress sustainable development?
Capital cities could: a) Focus on continuing their own domestic agendas and invite the Commonwealth government to assist them; such as the significant work that local governments are implementing in relation to climate change, which is currently happening with Commonwealth government resources and could be supported even further. b) Identify appropriate Commonwealth agendas and implement these within the capital city boundaries and in their region. The issue of intergenerational equity, for example, has been subject to recent Commonwealth scrutiny and which has significant implementation issues relating to local delivery of services. c) Develop leading edge sustainability agendas and invite the Commonwealth government to become a partner with the capital cities. The complexity of integrating a range of sustainability approaches, which is almost unmanageable at the national level, is possible (or at least more feasible) at the local level and may have useful lessons for national governm
