Emissions reduction
Alternative labels
Carbon abatement
Emission reduction
Report
Lessons from a decade of emissions gap assessments
This report finds that the last ten years have, in some ways, been a lost decade of climate action. Greenhouse gas emissions have only grown, and faster and deeper cuts are now urgently needed.
Strategy
Northern Territory climate change response: towards 2050
This document outlines the long-term vision of the Northern Territory government. A climate change response is a responsible economic strategy. It recognises that as Australia and the world transition to a low-carbon economy and respond to climate risk, those that don’t will be left behind.
Briefing paper
Putting a price on carbon: evaluating a carbon price and complementary policies for a 1.5° world
This issues brief seeks to understand the role that a carbon price can play in reaching the type of economic transformation necessary to achieve Paris Agreement goals, in order to maintain global warming well below 2°C and to pursue eforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Article
Australia to attend climate summit empty-handed despite UN pleas to ‘come with a plan’
The UN has asked world leaders to bring concrete climate action plans to this week's summit - and Australia is likely to cop heavy criticism.
Audio
Climate justice: the ethics and politics of responding to climate change
Professor Jeremy Moss says the concept of justice needs to be front and centre of our efforts to reduce the harmful impacts of climate change. If we don’t, he says, we could make a very bad situation worse.