Dr Gordon Weiss, arguably Australia’s leading forecaster of the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory, routinely updates the forecast and considers the impacts of different policy measures. In this centre you can access his reports and other related insights.
Resources
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An assessment of emissions reduction technologies: maturity, cost-effectiveness and potential impactIssued: April 2020The Prime Minister has spoken about “more than 100 new technologies” to reduce Australia’s emissions. In this report, Energetics examines other potential technologies. We show where substantial investment to accelerate their take up could be made and identify those technologies that are simply not feasible within the Australian context.
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An examination of the 2019 emissions projectionIssued: February 2020In the first of a series examining the technology pathways that Australia could adopt to achieve a net zero emissions economy, Energetics has reviewed Australia’s emissions projections 2019, published by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in December 2019.
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Australia’s emissions to 2030 and beyond to 2050: a decarbonising electricity sector won’t offset emissions rising elsewhereIssued: July 2019How well is Australia’s economy tracking to decarbonisation? The most recent update of Australia’s greenhouse gas inventory offers the opportunity to do two things. We can re-evaluate the emissions trajectory to 2030 and, as Australia’s inventory report is nearly 30 years old, extrapolate trends to form a view of business-as-usual emissions out to 2050. In this report, Dr Gordon Weiss presents the results and look at the sectors with the greatest decarbonisation challenges.
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Tracking Australia’s emissions to 2020 and implications for 2030Issued: August 2016Energetics has revised the national emissions reduction trajectory in our latest report. Results show that Australia will comfortably meet its 2020 cumulative abatement target, with or without carryover from CP1, thereby fulfilling our international commitment for that target period.
Energetics’ modelling supports the case for early action to address rising emissions showing that for every tonne of abatement achieved prior to 2020, Australia’s emissions reduction task to achieve our 2030 target is reduced by a factor of three.
Related Thought Leadership
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Updated national emissions forecast shows the value of early climate action
Author Dr Gordon Weiss
Service Strategy, policy and financing advice
Date February 2017
Australia has a major emissions reduction challenge if the 2030 target is to be achieved. Energetics' revised modelling of the emissions reduct… -
Emissions and energy productivity - meeting our climate commitments
Author Dr Gordon Weiss
Service Strategy, policy and financing advice, Decarbonisation technologies
Date April 2017
It’s well known that efforts to drive improvements in the way energy is used, produce great outcomes for business, the broader economy and th… -
Part 2: Australia’s emissions reduction targets
Author Anita Stadler
Service Decarbonisation technologies, Strategy, policy and financing advice, Energy and carbon markets
Date October 2016
When the Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs) of signatory countries to the Paris Agreement are aggregated, we can see that the world is not…
