GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
1145. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Climate Action:
I refer to the government's
recently released publication Shaping Western Australia's low-carbon
future: Developing sectoral emissions reduction strategies to transition the
economy to net zero.
(1) Can the
minister confirm 2005 sectoral emission levels will be used as the baseline
year that sectoral emission reductions will be measured against; and, if not,
what year will be used as the baseline?
(2) In 2005, how
many million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent were emitted in —
(a) stationary
energy, excluding electricity generation;
(b) electricity
generation;
(c) transport;
(d) fugitive emissions;
(e) agriculture;
(f) industrial processes;
(g) waste; and
(h) land use?
(3) How many
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent were emitted in (2)(a)–(h)
respectively in the latest year for which data is available?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Climate Action.
(1)–(3) State and territory greenhouse gas emission
inventories are compiled by the commonwealth government as part of the
national inventory reports and requirements under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change. State and territory inventory reports from 2008
to 2019 are publicly available and information on emissions from all Australian
states and territories in 2005 has been published. The most recent inventory
year for which state and territory data is available is 2019.