Australia targets at least 62% emissions cut in the next decade

Way more wind, solar and EVs: The mammoth task to reach the 2035 target

Getting to even the bottom end of the government's 62 to 70 per cent emissions reduction target by 2035 will require drastic increases to solar and wind power capacity, electric vehicle take-up and an extension of the safeguard mechanism, according to the Climate Change Authority.

Cut emissions 70% by 2035? There's only one policy that can get us there

Australia's new emission reduction target of 62–70% by 2035 is meant to demonstrate we are doing our part to hold climate change well below 2°C.

Australia’s new climate target revealed, nation reacts

One of Australia’s mining billionaires has slammed Anthony Albanese’s new climate change target in a scathing critique.

Indigenous leaders and activists frustrated by government’s climate target

First Nations leaders and climate activists say they are disappointed over the Prime Minister’s climate target announcement. At a conference in Darwin, the group warned Australia's north is being sacrificed, as experts say the top end will face some of the worst impacts of climate change.

Hard slog ahead for Australia to reach new climate target

Australia’s new emissions reduction target is on the lower end of what serious climate watchers wanted, but it’s still going to be a hard slog to reach it.

Critics round on 'weak, impossible' climate targets

Australia's aim to cut carbon emissions by 2035 faces criticism; experts urge stronger action against climate change.