Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are set to fall

One of ACT's solar farms - Majura Solar Farm (photo Julie May)

“For the past few years, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have headed in the wrong direction. The upward trajectory has come amid overwhelming evidence that the world must bring carbon dioxide emissions down. But the trend is set to change.”

“In a policy brief released today, we predict that Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions will peak during 2019-20 at the equivalent of about 540 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.”

“After a brief plateau, we expect they will decline by 3-4% over 2020-22, and perhaps much more in the following years - if backed by government policy.”

Currently Australia has a renewable energy percentage that is around 25%.

Read more: Some good news for a change: Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are set to fall. The Conversation, October 24, 2019.