"The review also found that Australia has a comprehensive set of emission reduction policies in place covering every sector of the economy." In order to achieve its 2030 goal, the government must see to emissions being reduced by 122 million tonnes compared to 2016. The report was welcomed by...
According to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory update for December 2021, which was published on Monday, Australia produced 488 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2021, an increase of 0.8 percent from 483.9 million in 2020. Emissions from the electricity sector fell by 4.2 percent due to an ...
The building sector responsible for 40 per cent of energy use (UNEP SBCI Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative, 2010); by 2030, a total of 60 Mt of carbon-reduction opportunities can be found in the Australian building sector (McKinsey, 2008). Reduction in the carbon emissions from ...
so that the emissions intensity cap will fall each year. The imposed reduction will be lower than 4.9% but no less than 2% per year for emissions-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) facilities to avoid carbon leakage.
There have been some changes to the tax-related elements of the private sector whistleblowing regime, which aim to provide greater support to tax whistleblowers, improve collaboration between Australia’s tax system regulators and enhance the effectiveness of regulatory responses to suspected breaches of...
These subsidies support a fossil fuel energy sector that is the major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and conflict with attempts to expand the role of sustainable energy technologies. Reform of these types of subsidies has the potential to provide substantial gains in economic efficiency...
Yet funding isn’t the only challenge for the mining sector because it also needs to identify and implement technological solutions that will make this goal a reality. B&W’s Asia-Pacific regional headquarters, based in Perth, has been working closely with energy, industrial and ...
Carbon Risk Management: A Comparative Case Study of Two Companies within the Australian Energy Sector The purpose of this study is to understand how regulatory uncertainty associated with the Australian Federal government initiatives towards establishing a ... S Butterworth,N Subramaniam,M Phang 被引量...
Australia’s most recent attempts to minimize carbon emissions have resulted in the Green Building Council of Australia’s new Carbon Positive Blueprint for the Building Sector. The main goal of the strategy is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. By 2030, Australia intends to have sections ...
Gail Broadbent, PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, said more investment would be needed to achieve net zero by 2050. "The Australian government has promised it will deliver net-zero emissions by 2050 for the road transport sector...Our recent research has demons...