Australia can meet Paris targets if government doesn't hinder progress, report claims

New research finds Australia is installing renewable energy faster than any other country, a trend that will allow Australia to meet its economy-wide Paris targets five years ahead of schedule if politics doesn’t derail the trend, according to new research from the Australian National University.

Emissions have been falling in the electricity sector
because of the closure of ageing coal plants and
the rapid uptake of renewables.

While emissions have been rising across the economy since the Abbott government repealed the carbon price after winning government in 2013, they have been falling in the electricity sector because of the closure of ageing coal plants and the rapid uptake of renewables.

The lead researcher, ANU professor Andrew Blakers, says Australia is currently installing renewable power four or five times per capita faster than the European Union, Japan, China and the United States. That finding is based on preliminary data available for installations globally last year.

Read the story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphy - “Australia can meet Paris targets if government doesn't hinder progress, report claims.”