Climate Change Authority releases emissions reduction sector pathways
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The news: The Climate Change Authority (CCA) has released analysis for six sectors of the economy showing by how much they need to reduce their emissions for Australia to collectively meet net zero by 2050.
The context: The report shows the current emissions generated by the sectors, including electricity and energy, transport, industry, land use, agriculture and resources. It also shows the various possible emissions reduction pathways that may enable the combined sectors to hit net zero by 2050.
The federal parliament commissioned the CCA to produce the sectoral pathways to chart Australia's net zero trajectory.
In a separate statement, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said the sectoral pathways were not recommendations for input into official government policy, but rather information to inform the community, including investors and businesses.
What they said: "Unsurprisingly, the independent pathways review finds that central to Australia’s 2050 ambitions is the ongoing rollout of reliable renewables and storage in order to reduce emissions in the electricity sector and unlock decarbonisation across the economy through wider take up of electrification," Bowen said.
“... The Climate Change Authority also confirms today that in its independent, expert view, nuclear could not replace ageing coal capacity fast enough to support Australia’s ability to reach its 2050 target."
Carbon Markets Institute CEO John Connor said: “The report shows that only the land sector is projected to achieve zero or negative emissions, and it does so mostly by removing carbon from the atmosphere through the age-old technologies of managing soils and vegetation".
