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Scientific and Technical Opportunities to Reduce Australian Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Australia has embarked on a process of potential commitment through the Kyoto Protocol to contain growth in greenhouse gas emissions to 8% between 1990 and the reporting period of 2008 - 2012. The target is well below the estimated growth of about 28% under the `business as usual' condition. Australia's greenhouse gas inventory estimates that 502 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents were emitted in the base year of 1990. This report examines over 175 candidate options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to identify their technical feasibility, cost per tonne of carbon dioxide avoided and capability to reduce emissions under Australian conditions. The candidate options were not intended to represent an exhaustive list but they encompass major and some lesser options being canvassed in Australia and overseas. Preferred options were selected on their performance towards the criteria of technical feasibility, cost and capability.

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Title Scientific and Technical Opportunities to Reduce Australian Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/acdbcc94-2221-4bc8-905d-642432ceb6d0
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Scientific and Technical Opportunities to Reduce Australian Greenhouse Gas Emissions". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/scientific-and-technical-opportunities-to-reduce-australian-greenhouse-gas-emissions