SYDNEY (Australia), November 27 (EFE). – A report prepared by the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water published this Thursday says the country “needs more action” to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 62-70% by 2035.
The Australian Executive’s official forecast this year is that under current policies, the country’s emissions will fall by 2035, 48% below 2005 levels.
However, the national target sets a larger reduction for that year, between 62 and 70%, meaning Australia would need to cut an additional 283 to 429 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent between 2031 and 2035.
“More work is needed to achieve the 2035 target,” says the report from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water, which assesses the impact of measures such as investment plans, protection mechanisms or energy efficiency.
The official report highlights that Australia will meet its average target for 2030, with projected emissions of 354 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, 42% below 2005 levels, and slightly below the emissions budget for that period.
However, it warns that current measures are insufficient for 2035 and that it will be necessary to implement additional policies to achieve the target set before the United Nations within the framework of the Paris Agreement.
On September 18, Australia committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 62 to 70 percent by 2035, with the aim of accelerating its transition to net-zero emissions by 2050, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced at the time.
The commitment came after the Ocean State published its first National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) that month, which revealed rising sea levels would put millions of Australians at risk in the coming decades, while deaths from heatstroke could double if action is not taken.
This report described a future full of extreme impacts, from extreme heatwaves to floods and droughts, if climate pollution caused by coal, oil and gas is not significantly reduced. Evie