2024 Annual Progress Report

The Climate Change Authority’s third Annual Progress Report finds Australia’s emissions are falling, but not yet at the rate needed to meet the 2030 target of 43% below 2005 levels. The Authority makes 10 recommendations to accelerate cuts to emissions this decade. 

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Matt speaking at the Industrial Net Zero 2026 cropped
At the 2026 Industrial Net Zero Conference on 13 October 2026, Matt Kean, Chair of the Climate Change Authority, framed Australia’s decarbonisation challenge.
  • Climate targets
  • Speeches
Matt speaking at Asia Pacific Circular Economy 2026
Speaking at the Asia Pacific Circular Hotspot, Climate Change Authority Chair Matt Kean highlighted how countries that learn to create more value from less…
  • Climate targets
  • Emissions
  • Industry and waste
  • Speeches
Aerial photograph; A group of wind turbines in an agricultural field from above the clouds
A new UNEP report highlights that every fraction of a degree matters as global warming approaches 1.5 °C.
  • Climate targets

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