Australia's Latest Emissions Data Reveal We Still Have a Giant Fossil Fuel Problem

Australia’s emissions are a giant fossil fuel problem

According to Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, the latest emissions data show “we are on track to reach our 2030 targets” under the Paris Agreement. In 2024, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions were “27% below 2005 levels”. That’s great news, right? Well, yes and no. Australia continues to rely on changes in land use to compensate for emissions released into the atmosphere. In other words, Australia’s plants are consid…

Australia's latest emissions data reveal we still have a giant fossil fuel problem

According to Australia's Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, the latest emissions data show "we are on track to reach our 2030 targets" under the Paris Agreement. In 2024, Australia's greenhouse gas emissions were "27% below 2005 levels". That's great news, right?

Australia’s latest emissions data reveal we still have a giant fossil fuel problem

By Emma Lovell, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney and Jessica Allen, Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Newcastle According to Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, the latest emissions data show “we are on track to reach our 2030 targets” under the Paris Agreement. In 2024, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions were “27% below 2005 levels”. That’s great news, righ…

The end of Australia’s iron ore boom, and the rise of green steel

Shifting just 20% of Australia's iron ore exports to green steel products could potentially increase annual export revenues by tens of billions of dollars.

ANALYSIS: Australia’s best shot at green steel hampered by upstream emissions « Carbon Pulse

The type of iron needed for coal-free furnaces requires far more energy to mine and process, but in the world’s leading iron ore production region a carve-out of the Safeguard Mechanism could promote global decarbonisation.