Impact Report August, 2016 | Page 21

NOVEMBER
Newly appointed Australian Chief Scientist , Alan Finkel , publicly advocates ‘ net zero emissions by 2050 ’ in appointment speech , alongside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
South Australian Government announces a target of net zero emissions by 2050 , as recommended in a report by the Low Carbon Economy Expert Panel
Federal ALP Leader , Bill Shorten , publicly advocates net zero emissions by 2050
The Greens release their ‘ Renew Australia ’ policy citing DDPP modelling on energy efficiency while the economy continues to grow
WWF-Australia commissions ClimateWorks to model pathways to decarbonisation to 2030 in a report , A prosperous , net-zero pollution Australia starts today
FEBRUARY 2016
Anna Skarbek , Professor Rosemary Lyster and Martijn Wilder AM present findings in an Independent Review of Victoria ’ s Climate Change Act 2010 , tabled in Victorian parliament
MARCH
Anna Skarbek and John Thwaites invited to a roundtable discussion with Mary Robinson , UN Secretary-General ’ s Special Envoy on Climate Change . Presented an outline of ClimateWorks ’ Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation in 2050 and the global project , as well as recent business momentum towards zero emissions and priorities for further research and action
“ Our involvement with the global Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project actually goes back to mid 2013 , when we first identified that incremental decarbonisation of Australia ’ s economy was just not going to achieve what is needed to address climate change . We realised a net zero carbon economy had to be the end goal and the global DDPP framework explored pathways to achieving this compatible with economic growth .”
AMANDINE DENIS HEAD OF RESEARCH - CLIMATEWORKS
JUNE
Victorian Government announces it will adopt a target of net zero emissions by 2050 , as recommended in the review of the Victorian Climate Change Act 2010 ( co-panelled by Anna Skarbek ). In announcing this policy , the government also embeds in legislation all but one of the 33 recommendations to come out of the Independent Review of Victoria ’ s Climate Change Act 2010
Queensland State Government commissions ClimateWorks to develop strategy for climate change policy , based around our DDPP ‘ four pillars ’ approach
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