Delaying emissions reduction in areas such as the Hunter's mining and heavy industrial sectors threatened to derail Australia's efforts to reach net zero by 2050, the government's newly appointed chief climate advisor Matt Kean has warned.
Mr Kean, who is also chair of the Climate Change Authority, released a long-awaited review on Thursday that identified what the top six emitting sectors of the economy must do to achieve net zero, including the "mature, demonstrated and early stage" technologies that should be used.
