27 August, 2015

Australia set to overshoot its 2030 target by large margin

Authors

Marcia Rocha, Bill Hare, Paola Parra, Jasmin Cantzler, Niklas Höhne, Louise Jeffery, Ryan Alexander, Lindee Wong, Karlien Wouters, Kornelis Blok

On 11 August 2015, Australia submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). We rate Australia’s INDC 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26–28% from 2005 levels including land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) by 2030 as “inadequate.” After accounting for LULUCF, this target is equivalent to a range of around 5% below to 5% above 1990 levels of GHG emissions excluding LULUCF in the year 2030.

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