Dept of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water
The latest Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory: March 2023 is now available.
The report shows emissions were 465.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in the year to March 2023. This is relatively flat compared with the previous year, with emissions estimated to be up 0.1% (0.3 Mt CO2-e).
The trend over the year reflects movement across the sectors, including:
- Ongoing reductions in electricity emissions (down 3.9%; 6.3 Mt CO2-e) as renewable energy uptake continues to displace fossil fuel power sources;
- Decreased fugitive emissions (down 1.1%; 0.6 Mt CO2-e), reflecting a fall in coal production of 4.6%;
- Decreased emissions from stationary energy (excluding electricity)
(down 0.8%; 0.9 Mt CO2- e), driven primarily by decreased activity in the manufacturing sector;
- Increased transport emissions (up 6.4%; 5.9 Mt CO2-e), reflecting the ongoing recovery from COVID related travel restrictions; and
- Increased emissions from agriculture (up 3.2%; 2.6 Mt CO2-e), returning to pre-drought levels as a result of increases in livestock populations and crop production.
Emissions in the year to March 2023 were 24.4% below June 2005 levels – the base year for Australia’s 2030 Paris Agreement target.
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