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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 447 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 August 2021 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

NET ZERO EMISSIONS — 2050 TARGET

447. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the Minister for Climate Action:

I refer to the 2019 WA Labor platform, which states that, in government, WA Labor will —

Develop a measurable, practical pathway to carbon pollution reduction designed to get to net zero emissions by 2050.

(1) Given this measurable, practical pathway is not contained in the Western Australian climate policy, will the minister please table it?

(2) If the pathway has not yet been developed, will the minister please provide an update on the progress of this commitment?

(3) Is the pathway consistent with the findings and recommendations of the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report?

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) The Western Australian climate policy outlines several measures that will develop pathways to net zero emissions. These include, but are not limited to: whole-of-system planning for the south west interconnected system, which will include scenarios for renewable energy and storage penetration consistent with national and state emissions reduction goals; state government agencies, including government trading enterprises, developing and implementing plans to transition toward net zero emissions by 2050; and sectoral emissions reductions strategies evaluating opportunities or cost-effective abatement across Western Australia's key economic sectors and developing strategies to guide emissions reduction. Each of the above streams of work are currently in progress and further updates will be provided in due course.