Towards Net Zero

Calculating the costs of net zero emissions

Check out this CSIRO ECO article by Ruth Dawkins that discusses the costs of net zero emissions to Australia from an economists perspective. This report by Whitten et al. (2022) turns the problem on its head and presents the financial implications if Australia were to delay the transition to net zero emissions.

 

 

Australia’s net zero trajectory – exploring the economic implications

The CSIRO, the Australian National University (ANU), and the Treasury Department convened a workshop on “Australia’s net zero trajectory – exploring the economic implications” on Tuesday the 6th of February 2024 at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, at the 68th Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES). Details of the workshop and copies of the presentations can be found here.