Grattan: Reduce industrial emissions now to reach net zero in 2050

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The Grattan Institute has released a new report calling on Australian governments to act now to curb industrial emissions if they want to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Governments around the world are moving to ‘net zero’, to limit the impacts of climate change. All Australian state and territory governments have the goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest, and the Prime Minister says the national target is net zero, preferably by 2050.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.