Strategic advice

ATSE thanks the Climate Change Authority for the opportunity to comment on the 2024 Issues Paper. Setting 2035 emissions reduction goals is particularly timely in the context of the Government’s six sectoral plans for decarbonisation.

ATSE provided a short submission supporting the establishment of the Net Zero Emissions Authority.

An effective National Adaptation Plan will ensure that Australia’s infrastructure, people and its socio-cultural artifacts are protected in warming world. A core aspect of this will be recognising that the risks identified by the National Climate Risk Assessment are interrelated and intersectional.

ATSE highlights an assortment of complementing sustainable technologies are likely required to reach net zero.

The impacts of climate change are not evenly distributed. Among geographical, socioeconomic and developmental inequalities, intergenerational inequity is one of the most significant.

The reforms resulting from the 2022 Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) are a welcome opportunity to reset a flawed system that has been compromised by questionable carbon abatement and claims of greenwashing.

ATSE has called on the Federal Government to commit to an ambitious target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

As extreme weather events become more common, there is an urgent need to protect the health and wellbeing of Australians from the consequences of climate change.