Overview

• Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said the government has not set a 2035 renewables target and described the Climate Change Authority’s figures as commentary.
• The government’s formal goal remains a 62–70% emissions reduction from 2005 levels by 2035, with an existing 82% renewables share targeted for 2030.
• CCA and Treasury pathways indicate renewables above 90% by 2035 with a quadrupling of wind and a doubling of rooftop solar to meet the goal.
• Bowen said there will be no electric vehicle sales target, despite CCA projections for a 20-fold increase this decade.
• Environmental groups and some businesses criticized the ambition, Nationals figures attacked the economic impact, and the government noted its 100th renewable project approval as it seeks faster approvals.