Key Facts:

• Electricity emissions contribute a third of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
• The Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit requires that coal fired electricity be phased out by around 2030 in developed countries including Australia.
• Coal accounts for 62% of electricity generation in Australia, helping make it one of the most polluting electricity grids in the world.
• Australia has no national plan to manage the transition of coal fired power out of the electricity system.