WA is expected to hit a new record for greenhouse gas emissions this year, and has no chance of reaching net zero by 2050 unless it changes tack, a government-commissioned report reveals.
Greenhouse gas emissions will reach record highs in WA this year and net zero targets for 2050 won't be reached, according to a secret report.Climate Action Minister Reece Whitby believes net zero is still achievable, although he concedes it will be challenging.
This is despite the closure of coal-fired power stations and the Commonwealth's safeguard mechanism reforms which use carbon pricing to get the nation's biggest emitters to achieve targets. "Western Australia is on the frontline of very serious climate impacts if we don't get on a pathway to limit warming to 1.5 degrees."However, Climate Action Minister Reece Whitby said WA would be able to reach net zero emissions by 2050, but it would not be easy.
The Climateworks report shows transport emissions were expected to remain largely stagnant between now and 2035, and so were emissions from the agriculture sector.
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