NEWS BRIEFING: Australia must reach net-zero emissions - Can technology get us there?

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2021-09-02 00:01

Australia; NSW; VIC

*NEWS BRIEFING: Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 10:00 AEST ONLINE* After the release of the IPCC's most recent climate report, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said "technology not taxes" was the Australian way of solving the climate crisis. But what is that technology and what policies are needed to make net-zero emissions a reality?

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is set to release a position statement called "Australia’s technology-led transition to net zero emissions" which suggests Australia has the potential to be a world leader in renewable energy generation, low-emission and negative emission technologies.

They are calling on the Federal government to announce immediate and decisive action to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

The briefing will discuss the upcoming position statement from ATSE, currently available technology to meet a net-zero goal and what policies are needed

Media release

From: Australian Science Media Centre

Speakers:

Professor Hugh Bradlow FTSE is the President of ATSE and an independent Non-Executive Director of Silicon Quantum Computing.
Dr John Söderbaum FTSE is ATSE Energy Forum Chair and the Director of Science and Technology for ACIL.
Professor Renate Egan FTSE is an Energy Forum Working group member, Co-Founder of Solar Analytics and leads the UNSW activity in the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics

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Briefing materials Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering PDF , 335.9 KB Speakers

Briefing recording Australian Science Media Centre, Web page A full recording of the briefing is available here.

Supplementary Information Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Web page ATSE Website - Net-Zero Transition

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Organisation/s: Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

Funder: ATSE

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