27 February 2014: The Climate Change Authority has completed its Review of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. The Targets and Progress Review addressed two broad topics:
- Australia’s progress towards it medium and long term emissions reduction targets; and
- Australia’s emissions reduction goals.
Contents
- Part A: Introduction and context (PDF 64 KB) | (DOCX 23KB)
- Chapter 1—About this Review (PDF 207 KB) | (DOCX 78KB)
- Chapter 2—Science and impacts of climate change (PDF 630 KB) | (DOCX 257KB)
- Chapter 3—A global emissions budget for 2 degrees or less (PDF 221 KB) | (DOCX 90KB)
- Chapter 4—Global action and Australia’s role (PDF 483 KB) | (DOCX 663KB)
- Part B: Australia’s policies and progress to date (PDF 46 KB) | (DOCX 22KB)
- Chapter 5—Australia’s policies on climate change (PDF 68 KB) | (DOCX 32KB)
- Chapter 6—Australia’s progress to date in reducing emissions (PDF 277 KB) | (DOCX 130KB)
- Part C: Australia’s emissions reduction goals (PDF 100 KB) | (DOCX 24KB)
- Chapter 7—Form and scope of goals (PDF 184 KB) | (DOCX 84KB)
- Chapter 8—Australia’s emissions budget to 2050 (PDF 70 KB) | (DOCX 30KB)
- Chapter 9—Australia’s 2020 and 2030 goals (PDF 228 KB) | (DOCX 104KB)
- Chapter 10—Economic implications of Australia’s emissions reduction goals (PDF 400 KB) | (DOCX 159KB)
- Part D: Reducing Australia’s emissions—Opportunities and challenges (PDF 58 KB) | (DOCX 22KB)
- Chapter 11—Australia’s emissions outlook (PDF 1 MB) | (DOCX 416KB)
- Chapter 12—Using international emissions reductions to help meet Australia’s goals (PDF 253 KB) | (DOCX 91KB)
- Part E: Implementation issues under the carbon pricing mechanism (PDF 47 KB) | (DOCX 22KB)
- Chapter 13—Caps for the carbon pricing mechanism (PDF 267 KB) | (DOCX 119KB)
- Appendices
- Appendix A—Public consultation (PDF 39 KB) | (DOCX 27KB)
- Appendix B—Global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (PDF 298 KB) | (DOCX 118KB)
- Appendix C—Sharing the global emissions budget (PDF 226 KB) | (DOCX 111KB)
- Appendix D—Progress towards Australia’s emission reduction targets (PDF 3 MB) | (DOCX 1.58MB)
- Appendix E—Calculating caps: Assumptions, methods and tests (PDF 177 KB) | (DOCX 63KB)
- Appendix F—How economic modelling is used in this Review (PDF 175 KB) | (DOCX 65KB)
- List of recommendations and conclusions (PDF 49 KB)
- Economic Analysis
- Other Modelling Reports
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