The NSW Government is reducing emissions and moving closer to reaching its Net Zero targets. The state will bridge the gap with a new plan to get to net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legislated climate targets for NSW are to reach 50% reduction by 2030, 70% reduction by 2035, and net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latest updates from the emissions projections show a strong improvement to the state\u2019s reductions, with NSW estimated to reduce emissions by 46% in 2030 and 62% in 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new Net Zero Plan will be designed to ensure NSW can meets the 2030 & 2035 targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plan will take a sector-by-sector approach to decarbonisation and for the first time bring together all the relevant portfolio Ministers to provide guidance and input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While all sectors must contribute and do their bit, different parts of the economy will decarbonise at varying rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Data from the tabled State of the Environment Report shows that NSW\u2019s largest emissions source by 2030 will move from the energy sector to the transport sector. This shows the rapid progress of rollout of renewables. The Transport and Built Environment sectors will be key focus areas, as they have huge opportunities to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government supports the findings of the recent Net Zero Commission’s 2024 Annual Report and supports all four recommendations from the Joint Standing Committee on Net Zero Future’s inquiry report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Minister for the Environment, Penny Sharpe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur first priority is to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030. We are very close \u2013 only 4% off with five years to go. But we aren\u2019t naive \u2013 meeting our targets will be hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are not shying away from the challenge, and we are determined to meet the targets; that\u2019s why we enshrined the targets in law, that\u2019s why we\u2019re transitioning to renewables, that\u2019s why we\u2019re creating the Net Zero Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery part of government must take action to ensure our climate response is truly comprehensive and effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery step we take towards our targets improves our health, our environment, our biodiversity and our air quality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NSW Government is reducing emissions and moving closer to reaching its Net Zero targets. The state will bridge the gap with a new plan to get to net zero by 2050. The legislated climate targets for NSW are to reach 50% reduction by 2030, 70% reduction by 2035, and net zero by 2050. Latest … Continue reading “NSW Government only 4% off 2030 emissions target with new Net Zero Plan to come”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33376,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33375\/revisions\/33376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}