Emissions reduction
Alternative labels
Carbon abatement
Emission reduction
Article
Explainer: what is a ‘low emissions target’ and how would it work?
Frank Jotzo looks at low emissions targets and how they might work in Australia.
Technical report
Energy security and prosperity in Australia: a roadmap for carbon capture and storage
This report provides a roadmap to assure Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as an option for achieving emissions reductions in a timely manner in Australia. It is intended for policy-makers associated with energy, emissions-intensive industry and trade sectors in state and federal government departments across Australia.
Report
The emissions gap report 2016: a UNEP synthesis report
Since 2010, United Nations Environment (UNEP) has produced annual Emissions Gap Reports based on requests by countries for an independent scientific assessment of how actions and pledges by countries affect the global greenhouse gas emissions trend, and how this compares to emissions trajectories consistent with the long-term goal of the United Nations Framework Convention on...
Working paper
The effect of increasing the number of wind turbine generators on carbon dioxide emissions in the Australian National Electricity Market from 2014 to 2025
This report investigates the effect of increasing the number of wind turbine generators on carbon dioxide emission in the Australian National Electricity Market’s (NEM) existing transmission grid from 2014 to 2025.
Report
Australia's climate policy options: special review - second draft report
The draft report on Australia’s climate policy options is the second part of the Authority’s Special Review, as requested by the Minister for the Environment. The Authority will look at the full range of policies, including the various types of emissions trading schemes. The draft report lays out how the Authority will evaluate the policy...