CLIMATE
CHANGE — EMISSIONS TARGET
1218. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the state government's publication ''Climate Change in Western
Australia: Issues Paper—September 2019'', and
specifically to the objective stated on page 3 of the document —
The
Government of Western Australia has committed to working with all sectors of
the economy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
(1) Is the state government still
committed to achieve that net zero emissions target?
(2) If yes to
(1), in the absence of a published new climate change policy, by what specific
means and by which specific dates does the state government intend to set Western
Australia on this trajectory?
(3) Will the state government
release its climate change policy before the election?
Hon STEPHEN
DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) The
McGowan government has an aspiration of net zero emissions for Western Australia
by 2050. The government is committed to working with all sectors of the economy
to achieve this goal. The Western Australian climate policy is being finalised
following feedback from the community on the climate change in Western Australia
issues paper. The policy will be released this year.