The Australian Parliament has requested the Climate Change Authority (CCA) to review the potential technology transition and emissions pathways that best support Australia’s transition to net zero by 2050 for the following sectors:
- Electricity and energy
- Transport
- Industry and waste
- Agriculture and land
- Resources
- Built environment.
The Authority must identify opportunities, technologies, barriers, workforce matters, information gaps, and the role of public and private finance in its review of sectoral pathways.
The review was requested under Section 59 of the Climate Change Authority Act (2011) and is to be delivered by 1 August 2024.
The Authority is to consult widely and provide advice to government on decarbonisation pathway. Through examining each sector’s opportunities to achieve emissions reductions and barriers that might stand in the way, the sectoral pathways review is to outline how Australia could achieve net zero by 2050, and how far sectors could go by 2035.
