CLIMATE CHANGE —
EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGET
844. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the state government's commitment to reduce its carbon
emissions by 80 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. What were the state
government's carbon emission levels for each of the following years —
(a) 2017;
(b) 2018;
(c) 2019;
(d) 2020; and
(e) 2021?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the
Minister for Environment; Climate Action.
(a)–(c) Some
government trading enterprises, including Synergy and the Water Corporation,
report greenhouse gas emissions under the commonwealth National Greenhouse and
Energy Reporting Act 2007. As most government
agencies are not subject to these requirements, an aggregate of emissions from
state government operations for 2017–2019 is not available.
(d)–(e) The Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation has estimated government emissions for 2020–21 as
7.34 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent to establish a baseline for
the government target.