This report focuses on opportunities to reduce emissions from road freight with solutions that span the entire freight sector.

Renewable energy industrial precincts are a practical solution to scale up and accelerate climate solutions in carbon-intensive industries. The right standardising regulations, incentives and policies would offer industry the chance to capitalise on Australia’s abundant clean energy sources as global markets shift towards decarbonisation.

The Climateworks team undertook an extensive literature review of a range of academic and grey literature to examine existing definitions for zero carbon buildings. This information was collated and qualitatively examined to uncover key themes across the sources.

This report analyses targets, policies and programs announced by Australian federal, state and territory governments, with a focus on policies introduced since the publication of a previous report in 2021 on state and territory climate action.

The global shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is well underway, but Australia’s EV uptake lags behind the trend. This report argues for fuel efficiency standards and other regulatory signals to accelerate and support Australia’s EV transition.