With the climate race heating up right around the world, Australia’s Prime Minister is under pressure to lift the nation’s climate goals, as the nation’s states increase their own individual emissions pledges.
New South Wales is now Australia’s third state to set a target of cutting its emissions… aiming for a 50 percent reduction by 2030 when compared with 2005 levels, which is in line with the targets set in the Paris agreement.
Meanwhile, South Australia has also set an identical target… with the state of Victoria setting a 40 to 50 percent, and the country’s biggest emitter, Queensland aiming for a 30 percent reduction.
Experts believe this collective reduction could in fact reduce Australia’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent by 20-30… prompting added calls on the Morrison government to increase its climate goals.
Currently, if all states were to meet their reduction targets, and territories kept their levels at 2019 rates, the country would comfortably meet the nation’s current target of a 26 to 28 percent cut.
This comes as the federal government remains divided in the lead-up to the CO-26 climate summit, over whether to adopt a net-zero emissions target for 2050 or increase the current 2030 goal.
