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Today's decisions lock in industry emissions for decades — here's how to get them right

  • Written by: Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
Today's decisions lock in industry emissions for decades — here's how to get them rightThyssenkrupp

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear there’s little time left to reach net zero emissions and hold the global temperature rise to 1.5C.

If Australia is to do its bit, emissions need to fall across the economy.

The states and territories all have net-zero targets for 2050, and the prime minister says the...

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