Industrial emissions a key to hitting climate targets

Slashing industrial emissions is a key to hitting climate targets, a conference has been told. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Many clean energy advocates want to focus on electrifying homes but Australians need to consider how their emissions-intensive economy makes products, a leading public financier says.

Darren Miller, CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, said on Wednesday that progress in the industrial sector is critical to reducing carbon emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 and to net zero by 2050.